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M. I.

54064/41.

URGENT.

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put with 31 F21/5/98/10

Downing Street, S.W.1. 25th January, 1941.

Dear Brenan,

Foreign Office note of 24th January F.215/98/10. We agree with (1) the draft telegram to Sir A. Clark Kerr and (2) the note to the Chinese Ambassador subject to the following:-

(1) Line 9. "7th November" should

be "9th November".

I also suggest omitting the words "and leniently" in line 19.

(2) In the middle of paragraph 3 "personalities" might better be "personages".

Would you repeat to Họng

Kong the telegram to Sir A. Clark

Kerr.

Yours sincerely,

SIR JOHN BRENAN, K.C.M.G.

Gelyant

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