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Oral Answers to Questions — China (Railway Development).

– in the House of Commons at on 20 March 1935.

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Photo of Captain Arthur Marsden Captain Arthur Marsden , Battersea North

5.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information to show whether the Chinese Government contemplate extending railway communications to Sinkiang in order to counterbalance the economic and political effects of the-Turkestan-Siberian Railway?

Photo of Mr Anthony Eden Mr Anthony Eden , Warwick and Leamington

I have no information leading me to suppose that railway extensions to Sinkiang are under contemplation.

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