[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
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17 MAR 08
CHINA RAILWAYS.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[February 18.]
SECTION 1.
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(No. 38.)
(Telegraphic.) P.
No. 1.
Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.
KIUKIANG-NANCHANG Railway.
Your telegram No. 39 of the 12th instant.
Foreign Office, February 18, 1908.
Messrs. Samuels have telegraphed to their agents at Shanghai that the proposed mortgage on the railway must be officially sanctioned by the Government of the province. They have also instructed them to place themselves in communication with you.
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