In any further communication on this subject, please quote
No. 21207.
and address
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
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FOREIGN OFFICE
June 25th, 1908.
15692
Sir:-
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant on the subject of the Canton-Kowloon Railway,
Sir E. Grey concurs in the terms of the despatch which the Secretary of State for the Colonies proposes to send to the Governor of Hongkong with a view to effecting a working agreement between the administrations of the British and Chinese sections of the railway.
A copy of the draft will be sent to His Majesty's Minister at Peking for his information.
I am to take this opportunity of forwarding for the Earl of Crewe's information, a copy of a despatch which has recently been received from His Majesty's Minister at Peking.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Fak