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AFFAIRS OF CHINA,
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CONFIDENTIAL.
R 10 SEP 07
[August 19.]
SECTION 1.
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No. 1.
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Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.
(No. 98.) (Telegraphic.) P.
Foreign Office, August 19, 1907. YOUR French colleague, in view of the French capital concerned in the under- should you takings of the Peking Syndicate, has received instructions to support you, apply for his assistance, in any protest which you may make with a view to obtain the removal of obstructive officials. If you think that matters would be expedited by applying for his assistance, you are at liberty to do so; and in any case, whatever other steps you may take to effect a settlement, you can consult him with a view to obtaining his support.
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