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communications on the subject of the landing of crews
of foreign warships under well established regulations,
and that, if British consuls were in analogous circum-
stances to be prohibited by foreign governments from
communicating with the authorities of the seaports at
which they were stationed, with regard to detalled ar-
rangements connected with the visits of British men-of-
war, this would be felt to be a regrettable and un-
necessary restriction.
-Gov
When in your letter No. 40601 of 16th March, 1908,
of Didos
attention was called to the omission of the reference
to consular authorities from paragraph 6 and paragraph
7, $$ 6 and 8, of the Memorandum prepared by the Colon-
ial Defence Committee, it was not understood at this
office that the object of the modification was actually
to prohibit foreign consuls from communicating with the
Colonial authorities in such matters; it was thought
that the omission was intended to render the rule as to
the method of communicating more elastic by leaving it
open through what channel the communications were to be
made.
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