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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

YOUR TELNO 3796: CONTROL OF PUBLICATIONS CONSOLIDATION ORDINANCE 1.

WE HAVE BROUGHT TO MINISTERS' ATTENTION YOUR PRESENT INTENTIONS AS SUMMARISED IN TUR, AND SEE NO DIFFICULTY IN YOUR NOW PROCEEDING AS PROPOSED IN PARA 2.

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WE NEED TO BEAR IN MIND THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE DURING THE MEETING OF JLG V IN PEKING. WE SHALL THEREFORE NEED TO EXAMINE CAREFULLY THE DEFENSIVE LINE THAT WE MIGHT DEPLOY IN RESPONSE TO CHINESE QUERIES IN THE JLG OR ITS MARGINS. THE LINE IN PARA 5 OF YOUR TELNO 313, AS AMENDED BY PEKING TELNO 176, IS ON THE RIGHT LINES, BUT MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED (EG IN PARA 5(C) OF YOUR TELNO 313 WE MAY NEED TO GIVE EXAMPLES OF THE OTHER LEGISLATION WE HAVE IN MIND). GRATEFUL IF YOU AND PEKING WOULD GIVE FURTHER THOUGHT TO THIS POINT, WHICH CAN BE DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAR ONCE THE BRITISH TEAM ARRIVES IN PEKING.

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