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the Custoons Control affais, mach Depends on hors that is handled. I conclulld Lancinly hope for the sake of British interests that we do not accept and vaque conclusion of me do it wit stiffen the backs of that most obstruchen body the lows con fr & the thaugh four hits be the more firmly connuced that they can Estalbiss thers clains to control this matins withent intervention of foreigners. So the whole boils down to a questions how far is our Sort: despised to press for the maintenance of its legitimate intersti un China? (cannot pretend to answer that question he far as the (uf nahin is concerned, we are mist anxious to make xasonable terms for these two conce.

llinois, so long as we are not asked to place

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