the (o. has entered into with China, in order to chreidate matters.

This despatch of Sir S. Sodani wirele

7

awkward situation

nry

this suit chas

that the Co. with the afferral of the 7.8 Last

entered into a sene's /

interdependent

agreement with the Chinese Sut, sove of

A Kong. which coam

that the denunciationi qthe appement innbach oth. is interested ill nact not unfavourably on the interests the Co. From the point & nois

1

the (O. and the It.K. Gut the situation

ensatesfactory from the fact

is Even mal kus

that (so far as my persual seating the registers goes) the 70. Les Leso of the Guty th. Abad before approving any of the later agreements the agreement of 20th Jan 1884

consulted us

le, since

sipe). (A copy of this in in 20/3228/09).

present is sit

The situation as it is at

bruth in

my

memo

OT/ 10000 82-8906 “ {aor*x) MARY 01/3 0009 '8-969'ZCUM (ZPPIG)

256

11966/11 at need not

upeat it here. The only question in what,

is

anything, we can do. Akong key property objects

to the Chinese Int punctioning

in British

tentory for lay political ath financial

Misterse told us that the

B

Line & Caution

*

by profitable. If St.K

on the Chinese

pusists, as I this it I misist,

gut being porn notice to guit, that got with ntaliat the E.E.Tel. CO. Its it is they

have aheady (as My Herse told as) calleduponte Co. to provide them with newline's from kowloon

to the now frontier. [The must be under one

the later

greements

it is not contemplated

Mi

the

quements 21th Jan 1884]. There is

no housh thent

Co. ad not

caury

AA

the land is (wown

out

Land the

this content without

permission from the Gat goth. But it the Sat backed by the S.Pd. spores permission, the C. with probably be subjected to reprisals by the Chinese Sout

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