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Foreign Office,
October 19
1899
Our Choate
Sir,
Your
With reference to letter of the instant.
I am
directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, the accompanying copy of a
October 12th, 1899. Note
as
marked in the margin, respecting the proposed Declaration of
Powers claiming foreign
spheres of interest in China.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Francis Bertie