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is done. Lord Granville's attention
may
be called to the last paragraph
of that letter.
...
as it appears not to
J.
be absolutely certain that Sir F. Pope Hennessy intended to suggest that he should negotiate directly with the
Chinese Government, and I
am to state to you in reply that
as the Earl of Kimberley entertains
{
international be given to Sir F. Pope
Hennessy
that a doubt has been
raised by the wording of his dispatch
Whether he did not propose
to negotiate directly with the Viceroy
of Canton,
but that it is
presumed
a doubt on
this
point
Earl Granville
&
concurs
is prepared
in the omission
the paragraph in question,
of the
but His Lordship would at the
same time
suggest
that some
intimation
that such was not his intention.
I am
Your most obedient
humble servant
Julian Pauncefote.