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No. F 5231 / 1147/5.
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Despatched
M.
MOST IMMEDIATE.
TOP SECRET.
GUARD.
H.M. Ambassador,
CHUNGKING.
Telegram. No...916..
Cypher
Aug 17
O.T.P.
Cabinet dist.
Your telegrams Nos. 856 and 857.
Without awaiting the further
instructions which will follow as soon as
possible, please let Generalissimo know
that instructions in my telegram No. 888
were sent before we had any knowledge of
the General Order to which the Chinese
memorandum quoted in your telegram No. 856
refers.
We are now seeking
satisfactory
solution Meanwhile we are anxious that
Chiang Kai-shek should be aware that In
giving him the earliest possible advance
intimation of our intentions, we were acting
in accordance with our view 363. in good faith on the principle that
Repeat to: Washington, 8496. Mr. Dening.
theatres
irrespective of operational commands,
wherever the sovereign Power has sufficient
forces available it should resume its
authority and accept Japanese surrender in
its own territory.
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NOTHING
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