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We had better ask the C.O. Whether or not the treaty should be communicated, as it stands, to the

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Foreign Office

May 14. 1897

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With reference to your letter of the 12th Instant, I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to transmit to you a copy of the Agreement recently signed at Peking respecting the Burma - China frontier which contains a special article providing for the opening of the Canton West River to Foreign Trade,

The Under Secretary of State

Colonial Office.

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