[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
[July 8.]
SECTION 1.
Sir Edward Grey to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
My Lord Archbishop,
Foreign Office, July 8, 1908. WITH reference to the letter from the Marquess of Salisbury of the 30th December, 1899, to your Grace's predecessor, I have the honour to transmit, for your information, a copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Minister at Peking respecting the abolition of the official status of Roman Catholic clergy in China.
I am, &c. (Signed) E. GREY.
*Sir J. Jordan, No. 193, April 30, 1908.
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