Item 1 - Printed copy of a telegram from Lord Reading to Edwin Montagu

(Official.) A3/34/3 has caused his Government surprise and concern. Asks if the telegram was issued by order of the Cabinet, and protests against the implication that they have not realised the gravity of the situation. They had presumed that their policy had the full con-currence of Cabinet, particularly the letter of 24 November, and object to the implication that their determination to join issue vigorously with the non-co-operation movement dates only from the communiqué of the 6th. Remarks further in justification of their actions.

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