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The Chinese Government considers that the moment has come for

practical consultation and effective joint action by the

Powers most interested in the Far East against the continued

aggression of Japan, and proposes action on the following

lines:

(1) Great Britain and France to co-operate with China

in military as well as economic planning with a view to a

concerted campaign against Japan. At an opportune moment

Soviet Russia should be invited to participate in the plan

and the United States invited to take parallel action.

(2) In the military sphere, China to supply all the man-

al power and materials at her disposition, while the other

participants would supply naval and air forces. Each State

to appoint a representative from its General Staff to draw up

details of plans and operations.

(3) Economically, participating States to concert

measures to maintain their currencies and trade, to adopt

economic and financial sanctions against the aggressor.

this purpose each State would appoint an economic representative

to concert with representatives of the other participating

States.

(4)

For

The participating States would undertake not to make

a separate peace with the aggressor.

The Ambassador concluded by stating that these suggestions

had been put forward by his

Government last week when the

tension in the international situation was at its height.

This accounted for the rather abrupt manner in which the plan

had been submitted. He realised that these suggestions were

all hypothetical and that it might be difficult for His

Majesty's Government to give him any concrete answer.

The Secretary of State confined himself to saying that

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