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zafeguards must be set up acoust the abuse of this very unusual fristege
In his dash of 17th Jany to
the FO. (in 2) commenting on the is,
KM. Minister stated (bara 3): "the Chinese
Goot. have now declared that
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when these agreements" ("the agreements
with the cable companies) "expire
they will not be renewed in their
kresent form
& it is practically
certain that whatever new
arrangements may
be neg stickad
between the Chinese cuthorities
e the Cable companies.... HIM.G. will not be in wited (and would,
I imagine, probably be unwilling)
to be in any sense ce
them.
harty to
If this is so I presume
that the Chinese Telegraff
Administration will ciftes Dec. 31st
next no longer have
any/