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In may further communication
on the subject, please quolo
No. 115655/15
and address-
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Offeo,
London.
Sir:-
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FOREIGN OFFICE
201
70
August 27,1915.
Gov. T
With reference to your letter Number 29827 of the
2nd ultimo, I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to
transmit to you the accompanying copy of a Note from the
Japanese Ambassador replying to the Note addressed to
His Excellency on June 21st last (Foreign Office letter
?2608
29572 Brautig
Trautmber
Mumber 76735 of June 11th) relative to the export of
tin from Hongkong and Singapore to Japan.
I am to suggest, for Mr. Secretary Bonar Lew's
consideration that instructions should be sent to the
F
Governors of Hongkong and The Straits Settlements in the
sense of the last paragraph of His Excellency's Note, and
I am to request that Sir E. Grey may be informed of Mr.
Bonar Law's decision in this matter.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
I am,
sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Maurice de Bunsen