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CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
SECTION 1.
No. 1.
Memorandum communicated by the American Embassy, October 1, 1908.
THE Secretary of State contemplates giving the American Commissioners to the Opium Conference at Shanghae the rank of Ministers Plenipotentiary.
Mr. Reid is instructed to inquire whether this would be agreeable to His Majesty's Government, and whether the British Commissioners at the Conference will be given similar rank.
American Embassy, London, October 1, 1908.
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