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subject (D.O. No.4(3)-P/38) of November 22nd which was
sent to us in New Delhi's 63-Ch; and your despatch
No.15 (F 13902/1365/10) of January 3rd, forwarding
Kashgar Monthly Diary for October 1938, which was copied
to us direct by Kashgar (as is indeed noted in the
covering letter).
This double copying, of which the above are
only a few specimens selected at random from papers
received since the beginning of last month, has, we
understand, formed the subject of correspondence between
Peking, New Delhi and yourselves on several occasions.
It involves a considerable amount of extra labour in
registration etc. here and we imagine elsewhere.
remedy which suggests itself is that the External Affairs
Department and Kashgar Consulate-General should always be
so kind as to note on the copy sent home that the docu-
ment in question has been copied to us, and that when
this has been done you should not copy to us.
The
We are sending copies of this letter to New
Delhi and Kashgar.
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Yours ever,
CHANCERY.
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