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The French Minister for Foreign Affairs has signified his willingness to concur with the procedure suggested by the British Government, provided the participation of French forces in the general protection of the Japanese be given only within the limits of the French concession. He has therefore instructed the French Ambassadors in Nankin[g] and Tokyo to confer on the matter with the British, American and eventually Italian Ambassadors, and should [Page 449] an agreement be reached on that basis, to recommend earnestly such a plan to both Governments./.

  1. Handed by the First Secretary of the French Embassy on August 19 to the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs.↩