[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
AFFAIRS OF CHINA,
CONFIDENTIAL.
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(No. 90.)
(Telegraphic.) P.
No. 1.
Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.
TELEGRAPHS in South Manchuria.
[May 22.]
SECTION 1.
Foreign Office, May 22, 1908.
With reference to my telegram No.84 of the 18th instant, it is unlikely that the Chinese will get better terms, and it seems to us advisable that the proposed basis of agreement should be agreed to by them.
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