CO129-279 - Public Offices - 1897 — Page 280

Frontier which contains special

provision for opening the

Canton West River

Foreign Trade.

You request that the document

be treated as confi-

may be treated

dential, and I am

therefor

to request you to mREE

the Marquess of Satistery

to informs Ave Chamberlain

ask

whether it is desired that

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the Treaty should or should

not be communicated as it stands to the goor

of Hough ong

17-9-

Office or Individual.

7.0

1897

May 20th

Last previous Paper.

Secut

Pict Day

WB & L. (78) ~~76198-10000-11-90

ext subsequent Paper.

14.01976

Hongkong

10820

A

DOMESTIC.

Reca & Ray'd

May 2158 97

No.

10820 A

Wet River:

(Subject.)

278

Agreement should not be communicates to your of Hongkong until the Ratifications of the Agreemant have been exchanged at Peking, news of which may soon be expected.

Lord Schvorne.

(Minutes.}

As we are not to communicate with

the goor at present,

Put by

7.c.he 21/5/97. C.PL 21

at onc