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AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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[July 10,]
SECTION 1,
No. 1.
Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.
(No. 197. Confidential.) Sir,
Foreign Office, July 10, 1909.
I TRANSMIT to you herewith a copy of a letter from the War Office* suggesting the desirability of raising from a three months to a six months basis the reserve food supply for the legation guard and followers at Peking.
I should be glad to be favoured with your observations on Brigadier-General Waters' proposal.
* War Office, July 3, 1909.
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I am, &c.
É. GREY.