CO129-125 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [10-11] — Page 357

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3.

353

covering

extract from a letter.

letter of the

Major General Commanding, in which

the latter complains that I had suggested the sumender

Kowloon,

mow

of

land at

occupied by the Military,

without previously apprizing him

intention to do so.

2,

him of my

is

desirable that

very

any correspondence

early as posible. but

connected with a supposed personal diffrence Ishould terminate as

on the present occasion it is impofaible

fon

that I can permit Your Gpace to remain

under the evident n

misapprehension which

now under

himades the Despatch acknowledgment. Such a

a Record would,

I think, tind sather to embarrass than

to render intelligible the proper

Course

of procedure hereafter.

3.

In the first place I observe that

Your Grace appears to suppose there has been some want of a good understanding

between the General and myself, and to

infer the non existence generally of those

personal relations of mutual

which,

CD

you

confidence,

most

justly observe, are

so desirable for the Public interests.

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4. Such a conclusion would be

very inconsistent with the actual relations, which

do in fact subsist between

the General, whom I have

myself and

ever

found

mast willing to cooperate with me, and

for whom personally I entertain the highest esteem. I

can

aw

express myself

not

more

aware

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that I

Sully or shongly

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