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
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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