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Sir:-
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FOREIGN OFFICE 34585
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September 22nd, 1905. RESS
REL 27 SEP 05
I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th
instant enclosing a copy of a letter from the Bri-
tish American Tobacco Company, Limited, with regard to
the effect on their business of the Chinese boycott
of American goods.
In reply I am to state, for the information of
the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that Lord
list Amoucan Idacco Co Sept. 18. 1905
Lansdowne has been in communication on the subject
with His Majesty's
Minister at Pekin and I am to en-
close a copy of a telegram from Sir E. Satow together
with a copy of a letter which has been addressed by
this Department to the British American Tobacco
Company relative to the steps which they should take
in the matter.
I am,
sir,
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
The Campbell