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WAR ACE

1st November 1907.

Dear Mr Harding,

King, who is on leave, has sent me your letter about Lorcher's map and asks me to let you know how matters

stand.

I find that the Director of Military Operations is still awaiting a reply from you to a memorandum which he sent on the 7th October asking for a copy of Mr J.E.Dreiss's letter which should have accompanied your letter of October 4th but which had accidentally been omitted.

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I gather that the General Staff have never intende

to reproduce Mr Lorcher's map either in its present form or on a reduced scale. They are now engaged in mapping Kuang- Tung, and the only part of Larcher's map which they appear to be making use of is his register of names with a view to arriving

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Perhaps Mr Dréiss's

at the correct Chinese characters. letter will enlighten them as to what is meant.

Yours very truly,

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