This deficiency should be made good forthwith.
Booth and Blake have been working in concert and in common.
Johnson observes that he is often forced to wait when he wants something. Is there not always an alternative? I would suggest adding something to the back pack of the telegram & sent to Blake.
Chamberlain cannot doubt that he will supply his power.
13/3
agree CP.d. 13
L'infam d.b.
J.
Referring to a private letter from his Whalen to his Hamilton that his Colleague had not stated at Lockhart.
Els 13 March
Sir,
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No.
EASTERN
COLONIAL
240
Foreign Office,
March 10, 1899.
With reference to your letter of the 13th of December 27906 last respecting the territory MacDonald acquired from China under the Convention of June 9, 1898, I am directed by the Marquis of Salisbury to transmit to you a copy of a telegram from Her Majesty's Minister at Peking, reporting the steps taken by him on receipt of the instructions sent to him with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
I am to request that Mr Chamberlain's attention be drawn to the last paragraph of Sir Claude MacDonald's telegram.
Colonial Office X404
Under Secretary of State
27906