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I have the honour to hear from you yesterday.

I also have the honour to enclose a copy of a letter from Acting Secretary of the US Navy, A. D. Parter, directing Rear Admiral S. C. Rowan, Commander of the Asiatic Squadron of the U.S. Navy, to afford whatever aid, assistance, and protection is at his command, without detriment to the public interests, to the Enterprise.

These papers are laid before you as evidence of the earnestness of our purpose and to solicit similar aid, assistance, and protection to the undertaking from Her Majesty's Navy.

The cable to be used will be manufactured in British workshops; the principal portion of the capital will be British and European, while the facilities for commerce and traffic will be common to all the world.

Hoping that it may be agreeable to the Foreign Office to sanction similar instructions to those of the U.S. Navy Department, and that it will be agreeable to you to be advised of your actions in the premises.

I have the honour to be,

James Milne

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232 I have the honour to hear from you yesterday. I also have the honour to enclose a copy of a letter from Acting Secretary of the US Navy, A. D. Parter, directing Rear Admiral S. C. Rowan, Commander of the Asiatic Squadron of the U.S. Navy, to afford whatever aid, assistance, and protection is at his command, without detriment to the public interests, to the Enterprise. These papers are laid before you as evidence of the earnestness of our purpose and to solicit similar aid, assistance, and protection to the undertaking from Her Majesty's Navy. The cable to be used will be manufactured in British workshops; the principal portion of the capital will be British and European, while the facilities for commerce and traffic will be common to all the world. Hoping that it may be agreeable to the Foreign Office to sanction similar instructions to those of the U.S. Navy Department, and that it will be agreeable to you to be advised of your actions in the premises. I have the honour to be, James Milne
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honous to hear me Gesterday.

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Falso have Hu honowe to

Enclose to you copy of a letter from Adul D. D. Parter, Act: Secr

US Navy, directing R. Aduct. S. C. Rowan, Comm– Asiatic Squadron Of the U.S. Nancy Boferith Whatever Aid, Assistance & protection

at his command, without detriment

Serveer

77

to the public interests in fwrittenance.

of the Enterprise.

These papers are laid before.

You as Evidence of the Ernest of our purpose & to folicit Howe

You Fram S. Mis. Nacy in those

Leas

+..

+ Sie in ares

teas, similar Aid, Africlance & protection to the Undentatring.

>

The cable to be used will love from Perition warbshops, Stee principal portion of the Capital Wite be British & European, While the facilities to commerce & foots tuite be common to all the world

Hoping that it may beagreable to the F.O. 77 8. Wis. St. W sauction. The Landed the Adent in ismich

Limilar instructions to those

of the U.S. Navey Repartiment, & that it will be agreeable to you to have ne Advised of your actions in the premises.

I have to

(√) James Millibeen

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