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The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

977. Following from Minister at Shanghai:

“November 10, 9 a.m. I handed C. T. Wang a copy of the draft proposals yesterday. He stated that he was keeping in touch [with] Wu in Washington as he considered these negotiations very important, ‘in fact the only matter of importance pending between China and the United States.’”

For the Minister:
Perkins