Government have taken exception,

they should not enter a

and declare that they

protest

that they hold

themselves free to negotiate a

the Kingdom of Annam

treaty with

should they

think

at any future date to

7

Qu

how

fit

at

any

to do so.

to transmit to you, for Lord Carnarvon's information,

a copy of a further despatch from

M. 229. by

that the Duc Decazes has led

Lord Lyons to expect a

communication from

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further

five which

he expresses his belief will be to Her Majesty's

satisfactory

Government.

Under these circumstances Lord

Carnarvon

may perhaps

think

Her Majesty's Ambassador at

Paris

on this subject, from

which His Lordship will perceive

it advisable to defer any

further representation to the French Government upon this

subject

until the Duc

Decazes promised communication

is

that

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