CO129-337 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1906 — Page 61

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the Governor of Hongkong Sir Matthew Nathan had been obtained.

With respect to this, I suppose you did not fail to write to your Hongkong Branch, in order that they might be able to fully explain the matter to Sir Matthew Nathan.

On account of the restriction of the English Colonial Office, I was told at the Quai d'Orsay, that although they quite agreed to the plan proposed, they were equally obliged on their side, to reserve their final assent until they were aware of the decision of the English Government.

But in the meantime I was fully authorised to write to you in the way I am doing now.

Let me state that in my different interviews with our Foreign Office I always mentioned that our co-operation with the British and Chinese Corporation would be on the same basis as for the Szechuen business which was agreed.

But being under the impression that you had promised the Belgian Group a retrocession of 5% on your part, I very willingly consented to retrocede them

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En makanan yang 58 the Governor of Hongkong Sir Matthew Nathan had been obtained. With respect to this, I suppose you did not fail to write to your Hongkong Branch, in order that they might be able to fully explain the matter to Sir Matthew Nathan. On account of the restriction of the English Colonial Office, I was told at the Quai d'Orsay, that although they quite agreed to the plan proposed, they were equally obliged on their side, to reserve their final assent until they were aware of the decision of the English Government. But in the meantime I was fully authorised to write to you in the way I am doing now. Let me state that in my different interviews with our Foreign Office I always mentioned that our co-operation with the British and Chinese Corporation would be on the same basis as for the Szechuen business which was agreed. But being under the impression that you had promised the Belgian Group a retrocession of 5% on your part, I very willingly consented to retrocede them
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En makanan yang 58 the Governor of Hongkong Sir Matthew Nathan had been obtained. With respect to this, I suppose you did not fail to write to your Hongkong Branch, in order that they might be able to fully explain the matter to Sir Matthew Nathan. On account of the restriction of the English Colonial Office, I was told at the Qual d'Orsay, that although they quite agreed to the plan proposed,they were equally obliged on their side, to reserve their final assent until they were aware of the decision of the English Government. But in the meantime I was fully authorised to write to you in the way I am doing now. Let me expose that in my different interviewe with our Foreign Office I always mentioned that our co-operation with the British and Chinese Corporation would be on the same basis as for the Szechuen busi- nees which was agreed. But being under the impression that you had promised the Belgian Group a retrocession of 5% on your part, I very willingly consented to retrocede them h
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En makanan yang

58

the Governor of Hongkong Sir Matthew Nathan had been

obtained.

With respect to this, I suppose you did not fail

to write to your Hongkong Branch, in order that they

might be able to fully explain the matter to Sir

Matthew Nathan.

On account of the restriction of the English

Colonial Office, I was told at the Qual d'Orsay, that

although they quite agreed to the plan proposed,they

were equally obliged on their side, to reserve their

final assent until they were aware of the decision

of the English Government.

But in the meantime I

was fully authorised to write to you in the way I am

doing now.

Let me expose that in my different interviewe

with our Foreign Office I always mentioned that our

co-operation with the British and Chinese Corporation

would be on the same basis as for the Szechuen busi-

nees which was agreed.

But being under the impression that you had

promised the Belgian Group a retrocession of 5% on

your part, I very willingly consented to retrocede

them

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