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Minutes.

bert Wallinger's l'ele prom

No 645). [F5166/1147/E]

Sir Alxander Cadoyan enquires if we

should not make a

sintable reservatim

to the Churise,

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NOTHING

ΤΟ

BE

WRITTEN

IN THIS

MARGIN.

We could xplain to the Acting

M.F.A that, wherever pradacable in occupied Asia, and regardless

9

operational commands, we regard "

나

it as

desirable that the swereign power should

hume

anthinty and

accept surender

from the Japanese, and that we are making the necessary dispositions for this purpose in regard to Itong Kang.

Hang

Alternatively, we could leave it

alone. Chiang Kai-shake has already been hold (or should have been t`ild by now)

that

་་

we are

arranging for

the necessary British

The desparch of

to

forces

revccupy

and restive the a comics train of Any

Kong." (FO. Celegram to Chumping to. 888 of Any. 1422). If he wishes to raise

the

question of surrender be will probably do so in response to that communication

We could then make the abud reservzizin,

Meanwhile, the questem answered by

the acing M.F.A. has not been

raised

fficially

with

and is

we took official copnigance of it by

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