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DEGE 16 AUG 07,
20853 601 Peking.
TAUS 12 18907)
June 25, 1907.
sir,
Kow ho. 53
With reference to my telegram No. 112 of the 17th
instant I have the honour to transmit to you herewith
copy of a despatch which I have received from Fr. Fraser,
fuck 18, 190o/. His Majesty's Consul-General at Tankow, reporting upon the
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interview which Mr. Hillier and he had with Viceroy
Chang Chih Tung on the 16th instant on the subject of
His Excellency's proposed loan. I also enclose a copy
of the draft agreement which was submitted to the Viceroy
by Mr. Millier.
You will see that
cellency refused to permit
French participation and Mr. Fraser outlines in his des-
patch what he believes to be the reasons for the Viceroy's
undoubted antipathy to the French. Of this antipathy
M. Casenave, the Peking Agent of the Banque de l'Indo
Chine, is fully aware and he ascribes it largely to
The Right Ecncurable
Sir Edward Grey Bart., .P.,
etc. eta. etc.
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