214
RECO
Foreign Office,
16 February, 1900.
FO 40244
d Pauncefote
7929.
31.1.1901.
Sir,
With reference to your letter of Dec. 17th last,
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 despatch relative to the
proposal
of the United States Government to
appoint a military attaché at Hongkong.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
ZA Villiers