Dear Sirs: We are in receipt of your letter with which you enclosed for our perusal a copy of a letter written to you under date of June 17 by the Chairman 0 tthe Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce con the question of our Chamber appointing a delegation to confer with representatives of the foreign National Chambers of Commerce to discuss informally the problems of the strike situation, In reply we should like to say that while fully appreciating the high sentiments of Sino-foreign fellow ship with which the propo of holding this joint conference has been inspired we very much ret to state that in view of the new developments in the general situation and the deadlock of the local diplomatic relations, it is our opinion that the present moment is not opportune for the holding of such a meeting, and tha tits postponement therefore appears to us to be advisable under the trying circumstances of the hour.
Assuring you of our most. profound sympathies.
Tam, ete,
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