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Sir M. Lampson
Telegram
No.
64
65°
June
9
Your telegrams Nos. 98, 99 and 102
(Boxer Indemnity).
These notes have to be submitted to
Farliament and we must be in a position to give
detailed explanation as to their exact
significance. It is therefore necessary to
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remove certain obscurities in Note A in your
telegram No. 99, and this has been done in
draft which will be found in my immediately
following telegram.
I um glad to find Chinese admitting
that the terms of existing contracts will be
taken into consideration, though I imagine
their object is to get Chinese materials used
where existing contracts provide for these,
but adaission dogs imply that they will respect
1911 Hakuang Agreement and other existing
contracts. This ought to safeguard
Consortium