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TELEGRAM from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
to the Secretary of State for External Affairs Canada, the
Prime Minister of the Commor wealth of Australia, the
Governor General of New Zealand, the Minister of External
Affairs Union of South Africa and the Minister for External
Affairs Irish Free State (by bag).
(Sent 7 p.m., 18th June, 1931.)
Circular B No.87 Secret.
My telegram 8th June Circuler B No.81 Secret.
Extraterritoriality in China. Full text of draft treaty and
subsidiary documents as agreed betweer Lampson and Wang
ad referendum is being sent by this week's mails. It will be understood that the text has been compiled from Lampson's telegraphic reports and will therefore be subject to
verification when full account of negotiation is received from Lampson by despatch.
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in answer
to a recent Parliamentary Question intimated that unħil
political conditions in China make it possible for a final
agreement to be concluded it would not be desirable that the
results so far reached in the negotiations should be made
public.