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Home Governor. Hong Hong.
1.8706.
Your telegram No 19.
Lo H.B. M. Chargé d'Affai
Pekez.
On way 4
to the Cousal
Quaral reported the Chuire authoritãs to brą unwilling to go into any details of working Anaugriuçots until the loan agreement should be Sattles. I suggest your informing the wai-wn-four that in the Cauton- Howlvou Fuial Agreement any departure from the terms of that for Shaughai-Nanking will only be accepted if a satisfactory working agruent is concluded with this government and that you should ask the Chevices uzgotia- tors who now wielude the repnorutative of the Viceroy if they will acr.pt the draft working agnement in print of February 16th subject only to modifications unvolved by modifications
agrement: If a clause uiserted ui loan agresunut as Suggested by Bland I fear it would lead to every obstack bring put in the way of the completion of the working agnement and thus to the wide fui ita postpourmant of the undertaking to which, in view of his Whampoa schauer, the Canton Viceroy would not be averse.
ni loan
Nachau.
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