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2.
British material and equality of price with foreign,
please see text of Belgian indemnity agreement (my
despatch No. 142 of 1928) article 1 of which provides
for exclusive application of funds to the purchase of
Belgian material. I see no reason why we should not
insist on the same as proposed in our draft note and
I submit that in fairness to British industry we
should certainly do so. This feeling is strengthened
by the information given in Mr. Newton's telegram
No. 84.
I await instructions and also any available
information regarding parliamentary procedure in view
of early dissolution of Parliament see Wang's enquiry
in first paragraph of Mr. Newton's telegram No.
(? 282.)
Addressed to Foreign Office No. 389;
repeated
to Mr. Newton.
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