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spheres of interest. (Par. 17).
20. My conclusion is that, in view of the material
change which has taken place in the situation in China since the Indemnity Committee issued their report, it might be better to remit the Indemnity to the Chinese without any
conditions at all rather than to saddle it with conditions
involving monopoly which would not be in the true interest
of either Great Britain or China.
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Yours etc..
(signed) 0. s. Addis.
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