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the following:-

"with regard to whose welfare and integrity His Majesty's Government have special responsibilities, His Majesty's Government in Great Britain hold the view that interference with these regions or with the discharge of these responsi- bilities cannot be allowed. Their protection from attack is for the British Empire a measure of self-defence*

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For the word "willing" put the word "glad".

In regard to the first of the above sugges-

tions the Cabinet preferred the use of the word

*war 88 in the original draft, instead of the

word "force", on the grounds,

on the grounds, first, that the

word "war" was used in Mr Kellogg's proposal;

and, second, that the word "force" was a much wider term, and that the renunciation of "force" might be interpreted to preclude such action

as that of the Americans in Nicaragua and perhepe

even the despatch of battleships to Alexandria.

Some discussion took place as to whether

our out

the word "force" might with advantage be substi-

W

tuted for "war in the sixth line from the

bottom of the page, that is to say, in the

phrase "that war should be resorted to"

but

this also did not commend itself to the Cabinet.

In regard to the second of Lord Balfour's suggestions the Cabinet, after careful considera- tion, preferred the original draft, which was adopted subject to an alteration referred to in

the Conclusions below.

The third of Lord Balfour's suggestions,

namely, the substitution of the word "glad" for

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