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(F 12933/3918/10) SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION AND WAR CABINET.
TO FRANCE.
To THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
100
Cypher telegram to Sir R. Campbell (Paris)No. 1074 Saving.
The Marquess of Lothian (Washington) No. 941
Foreign Office, 22nd December, 1939, 11.30 p.m.
My telegram No. 1002 Saving [to Paris:
No. 831 to Washington:
of 29th November: withdrawal of gunboats].
His Majesty's Government have now decided for the sake of
consistency to lay up two of the three gunboats in Chinese
controlled waters on the Upper Yangtze.
2. Please inform Frehch Government
United States Government
in confidence,
adding that local French and United States commanders will be
notified before withdrawal takes place.
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