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CONFIDENTIAL

FOR USE IN

COLONIAL

OFFICE

In any further communication on this subject, please quote

No. 23598,

and address-

The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

London,

Page 06

OFFICE

506

Received 13 JUL 1906.

FOREIGN OFFICE

July 17, 1906.

Sir:-

I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant respecting the negotiations for the Canton-Kowloon Railway.

With regard to your statement in the above-mentioned letter that the Chinese authorities were pressing forward a scheme for the construction of a railway to Swatow and Amoy, I am to inform you that in reply to enquiries His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking reports that he has received no official answer from the Chinese Government to the representations mentioned in your letter as regards the projected Whampoa line, but that Tang Shao-Yi had stated privately that the Wai-wu-pu knew nothing officially of this project.

Sir Edward Grey informed Mr. Carnegie in reply that Tang's statement as to there being no official information...

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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CONFIDENTIAL FOR USE IN COLONIAL OFFICE In any further communication on this subject, please quote No. 23598, and address- The Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, London, Page 06 OFFICE 506 Received 13 JUL 1906. FOREIGN OFFICE July 17, 1906. Sir:- I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant respecting the negotiations for the Canton-Kowloon Railway. With regard to your statement in the above-mentioned letter that the Chinese authorities were pressing forward a scheme for the construction of a railway to Swatow and Amoy, I am to inform you that in reply to enquiries His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking reports that he has received no official answer from the Chinese Government to the representations mentioned in your letter as regards the projected Whampoa line, but that Tang Shao-Yi had stated privately that the Wai-wu-pu knew nothing officially of this project. Sir Edward Grey informed Mr. Carnegie in reply that Tang's statement as to there being no official information... Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office. Page 07

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ED RINTE FOR USE 88 SOLONIAL In any farther communica tion on this subject, please quote No. 23598. and address- The Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, London, 06 OFFICE 506 ૧૩૩મ 26132 Rect 13 JUL OF FOREIGN OFFICE July 17 1906. Goo 21671 Sir:- I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to ac- knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th. in- stant respecting the negotiations for the Canton-Kow- loon Railway. With regard to your statement in the above-mention- ed letter that the Chinese authorities were pressing forward a scheme for the construction of a railway to Swatow and Amoy, I am to inform you that in reply to enquiries His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking re- ports that he has received no official answer from the Chinese Government to the representations mentioned in your letter as regards the projected Whampoa line, but that Tang Shao-Yi had stated privately that the Wai-wu- pu knew nothing officially of this project. Sir Edward Grey informed Mr. Carnegie in reply that Tang's statement as to there being no official in- Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office. formation

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RINTE

FOR USE

SOLONIAL

In any farther communica

tion on this subject, please quote

No. 23598.

and address-

The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

London,

OFFICE

506

૧૩૩મ

26132

Rect 13 JUL OF

FOREIGN OFFICE

July 17

1906.

Goo

21671

Sir:-

I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to ac-

knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th. in-

stant respecting the negotiations for the Canton-Kow- loon Railway.

With regard to your statement in the above-mention- ed letter that the Chinese authorities were pressing

forward a scheme for the construction of a railway to

Swatow and Amoy, I am to inform you that in reply to enquiries His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking re- ports that he has received no official answer from the Chinese Government to the representations mentioned in your letter as regards the projected Whampoa line, but that Tang Shao-Yi had stated privately that the Wai-wu- pu knew nothing officially of this project.

Sir Edward Grey informed Mr. Carnegie in reply that Tang's statement as to there being no official in-

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

formation

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