CO129-344 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907 — Page 490

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In any farther communica. tion on this subject, please quote

No.

22861.

and address-

The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

London.

Confidential.

Sir:-

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FOREIGN OFFICE

July 25th, 1907.

I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to ac-

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knowledge the receipt of your letter 21990/1907 of

the 10th instant regarding the question of French

participation in the Hankow-Canton Railway conces-

sion, and to transmit to you herewith, to be laid be-

fore the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy

of a Memorandum on the subject communicated by the

French Ambassador, as well as a draft memorandum

drawn up for communication to His Excellency in re-

ply.

It will be seen that, according to the French

Government, the participation of the French group in

the proposed arrangements with the Wuchang Viceroy

must be on equal terms with that of the British group

as regards such matters as signature of agreements,

selection of personnel and matériel, and general con-

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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