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Reg± 11. Seft:1916
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PARAPHRASE of a telegram from the
Hong Kong.
To the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
(Received Colonial Office, 10.45 a.m.,11th September 1916
9.0/395938
With reference to your telegram of the 22nd August. On account of the central geographical position of Shanghai and because British authorities
in Japan and China lack an officer who has
(?) knowledge of Indians and their language, I advise Shanghai.
MAY.
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