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Memorandum by the Counselor of Legation in China (Perkins)84
The British Minister said that efforts which had been made to arrange or to effect a compromise of the Tientsin customs question had [Page 268] apparently failed owing to the attitude at present adopted by Yen Hsi-shan. In talking with Dr. Chu, Yen’s representative in Peiping, Sir Miles mentioned his regret at the unwillingness of Marshal Yen to compromise, saying that such a course would serve to maintain the integrity of the Chinese maritime customs and would accordingly benefit the whole of China. He also said that, if he could informally help at any time as a medium of communication, he would be glad to do so and would be prepared to return from Peitaiho for that purpose.
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- Copy transmitted to the Department without covering dispatch; received August 26, 1930.↩