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No. 72 enclosed in the second of the letters referred
to above). The Air Attaché, who took part in the dis-
cussions with General Chiang, has himself carried out
a preliminary survey and has submitted the recommend-
ations contained in Chungking telegram No. 96, of the
7th March, copy of which was sent to the Air inistry
officially under cover of Foreign Office letter
F 2346/62/10, of the 10th March, so that the question
is now narrowed down to that of sending out a small
air mission.
This is, I realise, a big question which
necessarily takes some time to decide. We have,
however, never given General Chiang any preliminary
reply, as was suggested in the third paragraph of our
official letter of the 3rd March referred to above,
and Clark Kerr is leaving about the middle of this
month for Chungking, where General Chiang will
certainly raise the matter with him. We should be
most grateful, therefore, if you could let us know
whether you agree to our authorising Clark Kerr to
inform/
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