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Prof 13 JAN 11
[December 5.]
SECTION 2.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
India Office to Foreign Office.-(Received December 5.)
THE Under-Secretary of State for India presents his compliments to the Under- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and, by direction of the Earl of Crewe, forwards herewith, for the information of the Secretary of State, copy of a telegram to the Viceroy, dated the 30th November, relative to the Hkamti expedition.
India Office, December 3, 1910.
(Telegraphic.) P.
Enclosure in No. 1.
The Earl of Crewe to Government of India.
India Office, November 30, 1910. EXPEDITION to Hkamti country. See your telegram dated the 18th instant. I approve your proposals, but it is not necessary to make formal proclamation of suzerainty. Existence of suzerainty may be treated as a recognised fact in the Sanad and in Barnard's public proceedings.
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