Sir,
Foreign Office,
August 27th 1901.
With reference to my letter of the 5th 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 War the accompanying copy of a despatch, as marked in the margin, relative to the improper action of certain Russian Naval Officers in sketching the defences of the Lymoon forts at Hong Kong.
The Under Secretary of State
War Office.
I am &c.,
(sd) T. A. Sanderson.