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DRAFT

MEMORANDUM.

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REC: 196o 26 JUL 07

On June 27th the French Ambassador communicated

to Sir Edward Grey a Memorandum regarding the finan-

cial negotiations of the Viceroy of the Hukuang with

special reference to the proposed Canton Hankow Rail-

way Concession.

With regard to the proceedings of Mr. Hillier,

who, in the absence of Mr. Bland, was acting as repre-

sentative of the British and Chinese Corporation,

this gentleman appears throughout to have acted con-

sistently in accordance with the engagements which

devolved upon the Corporation as a result of their

Agreement with the French group but when the Viceroy

declined to admit French participation the matter

practically