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Withdrawal of gunboats.
Refers to Foreign Office letter of 13th December RegistryF 12998/3918/10 (F 12659/3918/10) Agree that two of the three gunboats
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FROM Admiralty.
NM.0.15771/39
Confidential
Dated 23rd Dec. 1939
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on the Upper Yangtse should be laid up for the duration of the European war. Commander in Chief China has been informed of Admiralty concurrence in the proposals contained in his telegram of 3rd December (F 12456/3918/10) but he has been told to take no action on this decision pending further instructions Asks to be advised of arrangements to be made to notify
concerned.
in Registry 27 th Dec.1939 oven
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Now see F.O. tels to S'hai (1252) Paris (1074 S.) of 22nd December. These
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telegrams were agreed to verbally by Mr. Walton (Adens) over the phone. Copies д
Shai tels 14056 & unno. 262 December are being sent to the Walton, who tells me that the Ray. fly up to Chungking to make the
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instructed to
necessary arrangements : he tells me it will be quite all right not to send
official reply to this
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