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F 12983

22 PFC 1939

SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION AND WAR CABINET

From CIITNA.

Decypher. Sir A. Clark Kerr (Shanghai).

D. Wireless.

R. 2.00 p.m.

No.1397.

December 21st 1959.

December 21st 1959.

December 21st 1939.

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notrec'd

IMPORTANT.

Your telegram No.1209.

1-12538

I hope it will be possible to reach a decision before I leave

for Chungking.

2. In this connexion please see Governor of Hongkong's

ofdlec 4

despatch No.86 to me copied to Secretary of State mmol 7.5..

for the Colonies.

I have hesitated to act on His Excellency's suggestion until we

were in a position to inform the Chinese Government of our intention

to lay up one or two of our gunboats on the Upper River.

Addressed to Foreign Office, repeated to Governor Hongkong No.176

(Governor please pass to Commodore telegram No.17) and saving to

Tokyo.

DEC

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