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1939

Registry F 11782/3918/10

Number

TELEGRAM FROM Sir R. Campbell (Paris).

No. 395 Decypher

Immediate.

Dated 11th Nov., 1939. Received \ 12th Nov., in Registry Š 1939.

F: China.

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CHINA

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12 NOV 1998

Withdrawal of British and French troops from China.

Refers to Paris telegram No.844 Saving (ŋd- Ministry of Foreign Affairs do not propose to issue any statement themselves. If they did, it would be on lines indicated and would differ in certain respects from proposed statement to be issued in London on November 13th. Terms "withdrawal" and "token detachments" would be avoided.

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References.

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