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CHINA RAILWAYS.
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WX 2 DEC 09
[September 25.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
SECTION 1.
(No. 158.)
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received September 25.)
(Telegraphic.) P.
CHINCHOW-TSITSIHAR Railway.
Peking, September 25, 1909.
The negotiations between Messrs. Pauling, the American group, and the Chinese are, I am told, about to be resumed in the course of next week.
I propose to base my attitude on what I understand to be the intention of your telegram No. 145 of the 7th instant, namely, that, unless approached by my Japanese colleague, I should refrain from taking any step as regards Japanese participation in the railway.
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