CO129-197 - Governor Hennessy - 1882 [1-2] — Page 188

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Dr. Pitel to the Private Secretary.

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Hongkong 7th January 1882.

I write to acknowledge receipt of your letter of yesterday's date, in which you state, by the Governor's direction, that my memory had betrayed me into so many inaccuracies respecting my oral communications with His Excellency that he finds himself compelled, with extreme regret, to avoid any further oral communications with me.

With reference to this part of your letter I request you to point out to His Excellency that the oral communications to which he refers, and which from first to last related to His Excellency's private and domestic affairs, were never solicited by me, nor did they originate with me, but were forced upon me by His Excellency in violation of the expressed understanding under which I had accepted the office of Private Secretary viz. that those affairs should not be mentioned to me.

And I beg you to remind His Excellency also that on more than one occasion he expressed to me...

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187 Dr. Pitel to the Private Secretary. Copy Hongkong 7th January 1882. I write to acknowledge receipt of your letter of yesterday's date, in which you state, by the Governor's direction, that my memory had betrayed me into so many inaccuracies respecting my oral communications with His Excellency that he finds himself compelled, with extreme regret, to avoid any further oral communications with me. With reference to this part of your letter I request you to point out to His Excellency that the oral communications to which he refers, and which from first to last related to His Excellency's private and domestic affairs, were never solicited by me, nor did they originate with me, but were forced upon me by His Excellency in violation of the expressed understanding under which I had accepted the office of Private Secretary viz. that those affairs should not be mentioned to me. And I beg you to remind His Excellency also that on more than one occasion he expressed to me...

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187 Dr. Pitel to the Private Secretary. مداری Copy Hongkong 7th January 1882. I write to acknowledge receipt of your heller of yesterday's date, in which you state, by the Governor's direction, that my memory had betrayed me into so many inaccuracies respecting my oral communications with His Excellency that he finds himself compelled, with extreme regret, to avoid any further oral communications with me. With reference to this porte # part of your letter I request you to point out to His Excellency that the oral communications to you which the refers, and which from first to last related to His Excellency's private and domestic were never solicited by affairs, me, nor did they originate with me, but were forced upon me by His Excellency in violation of the expressed understanding under which I had accepted the جزه office of Private Pecretary viz. that those affairs should, not be mentioned to me. beg you to remind His And I Excellency also that on more than one Occas/02 he expressed to me and

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187

Dr. Pitel to the Private Secretary.

مداری

Copy

Hongkong 7th January 1882.

I write to acknowledge receipt of your heller of yesterday's

date, in which you state, by the Governor's direction, that my

memory

had betrayed

me into so

many inaccuracies respecting

oral communications with

His Excellency that he finds himself compelled, with extreme

regret, to avoid

any further

oral communications with me.

With reference to this

porte

part of your letter I request you to point out to His Excellency

that the oral communications to

you

which the refers, and which from

first to last related to His Excellency's private and domestic

were never solicited by

affairs,

me, nor did they originate with

me,

but were

forced upon me

by His Excellency

in violation

of the expressed understanding under which I had accepted the

جزه

office of Private Pecretary viz. that those affairs should, not

be mentioned to me.

beg you to remind His

And I

Excellency

also that on more than one

Occas/02

he expressed to me

and

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