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Governor Hong Kong

To V.B.VT Consul General Hankow

dates 6/9/05.

I received your Felyram No 4 vuice vaduiq muine of this morning I accept the attuations in the loan agreement and as soon as I hear ther it has been siqued & woch telegraph to the Secretary of State for the Colonics who will telegraph the payment to Nuo York

Nathan

ZXVIII

From H&M Minister Peking

Deep* 4.7.pm 6/9/05

No 13. Pre 3.30am

To Gooomer Hong Kong 7/9/05

I have sent the following to the Consul Qeutral at Hankow today:- "with refuare to your telepame Nós 53 and 54. ✔ have reccível a

Felepam from the Viceroy today quoting (in bext of the Impuial deerce of the 154 of August and statuig that he has Pelegraphed ingently to the Chuke Foreign Office to inform me, and asking me in the meanting to ungs Hongkong to remit the money. This morning A Millier showed me the following telegram Scut Yesterday by the Wrongkong and Shanghai Bank at Hantrow to the Manage at Shanghai.

"The Viceroy will acepta loal for three millions or one and a million tacts at 6 per cent agaunt telegraph transfers by government

hall Bank order bearing the official Seal of the Viceroy. In the opinion of the British Consul the security is satisfactory. Do you agree? Peply is urgently wanted; we must remit tomorrow"..

I took this to be a loan to pay the first vistalment of itu redemption

to the Hankow concessionaires, and on my saying the opuation

was one which the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank could Conveniently undutakƐ Hillin Said he would telegraph inquit, to the affect to the Shanghai Manaqur.

Please inform the Vicuoy of this.

I cannot telegraph as

requested by you to Hongkong until you inform me this the loan apreement has been concluded

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