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It is also true that we have had some
success in educating the press and public onion in this country to realise that
crude retaliation against Chinese nationals
is not likely to be helpful.
On the other
hand there is still a limited but steady
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tickle of letters and Barliamentary Questions
demanding retaliation.
They tend to
increase when ver public attention is
focussed on British subjects in China,
as
for example when Sir D. Hopson arrived in
this country. Mr. Cradock is wrong in Supposing
proposing that we deliberately muted publicity
about Mr. Johnston of the Chartered Bank
(wao
a team
was arrested in Shanghai because a
from another British firm, Simon Carves,
negotiating in China.
was
I £genty etatement
Viso made about Mr Solarston but on-the-
May the staremust
It was in fact ar me Linsistence of the Chartered Bank was
kept in restrained terms.
At that stage,
the Bank were not sure whether the case
was connected with an affair between the
at
Bank of China/and Singapore and the Chartered Bank and thought that if it were,it might
be possible to settle the matter by
so long as negotiation if/the Chinese were no driven to take up any public position. The position
is still obscure and for the moment the Bank
prefer that pressure should be maintained on the Chinese through the diplomatic channel. Similar considerations have applied in the
ommi casi, eeee of some of the Heretant Hevy Officer's
Mat A
arrested in particular/Mr. Crouch, 2nd Sewni
Officer of the Blue Funnel Line ship
"Demodocus"✔
where there is some convent
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