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Lord Panfild
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Sir W. Peel's telegram of the 11th shoving
that his despatch is on the way rather alters the
instructions you gave me as to a private letter to him, but I presume you will still wish to write in
order to make the point about the Secretariat
persomnel. I have also put in something about
interpreters in general. Mr. Chapman tells me that,
when Protector in Singapore, he found it much
better to deal with girls without an interpreter.
I also submit the draft of a letter which,
if you have no objection, I propose to write to the
two Governors. The Foreign Office were emphatic
that we should warn them against any attempt to
hoodwink the Commission or to conceal scandals from
them.
We look on the "secret agent
:1 with some
It cannot be helped however, and we must
what he is expecte
pected
No doubt he will find.
dismay.
make the best of it.
whether it exists or not.
to find
At the suggestion of Mr.
Chapman our assessor at the Geneva meeting, I put
in a suggestion that some sort of watch should be
kept on his proceedings. The real danger is that
the Chinese he employs will levy blackmail.
danger will be obvious and perhaps need not be
mentioned.
That
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