[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[17664]
No. 1.
[May 22.]
SECTION 2.
Sir,
General Post Office to Foreign Office.—(Received May 22.)
General Post Office, May 21, 1908.
WITH reference to your letter of the 16th instant, forwarding a copy of a further telegram from Mr. Babington Smith on the subject of the negotiations for a Telegraphic Agreement between China and Japan, I am directed by the Postmaster-General to say that he concurs in the views expressed in the telegram; and he trusts that it may be possible to induce the Chinese Government to accept the proposed basis of agreement.
I am, &c. (Signed) A. F. KING.
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