Foreign Office,
25 November, 1897.
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 note as marked in the margin, concerning the Retrocession of Weihaiwei.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Francis Bertie
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