CO129-343 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907 — Page 282

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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]

AFFAIRS OF CHINA.

CONFIDENTIAL.

[2889]

No. 1.

278

[January 25.]

C.

SECTION 1. 6412

Wrz 20 FEB 07

Sir A. Nicolson to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received January 25.)

St. Petersburgh, January 25, 1907.

(No. 12.) (Telegraphic.) P.

I WAS informed by M. Isvolsky to-day that the Russian Ministers at Peking and Tôkiô had been instructed to inform the Chinese and Japanese Governments that the Russian Government had decided to proceed at once with the withdrawal of the Russian troops from Manchuria, and not to await the date allowed by Treaty for the complete evacuation. Minister for Foreign Affairs trusts that the good-will and loyalty of Russia evidenced in this measure will be appreciated.

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