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

CHINA TRADE.

CONFIDENTIAL.

SECTION 1.

No. 1.

Memorandum communicated by the American Embassy, October 1, 1908.

THE Secretary of State contemplates giving the American Commissioners to the Opium Conference at Shanghae the rank of Ministers Plenipotentiary.

Mr. Reid is instructed to inquire whether this would be agreeable to His Majesty's Government, and whether the British Commissioners at the Conference will be given similar rank.

American Embassy, London, October 1, 1908.

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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government] CHINA TRADE. CONFIDENTIAL. SECTION 1. No. 1. Memorandum communicated by the American Embassy, October 1, 1908. THE Secretary of State contemplates giving the American Commissioners to the Opium Conference at Shanghae the rank of Ministers Plenipotentiary. Mr. Reid is instructed to inquire whether this would be agreeable to His Majesty's Government, and whether the British Commissioners at the Conference will be given similar rank. American Embassy, London, October 1, 1908. Page 1 [33991] 2. 15 001 08 Re 0.024 45 ¡This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government] [1980 a-1 Page 1 was removed and merged with the first "Page 1" and re-ordered to the end. The text "B" at the beginning is likely a page marker or unrelated to the content, so it was removed as it doesn't form a coherent part with the rest of the document. "October 1." was corrected to be part of the date in the relevant lines. "Shanghae" is a historical spelling and was not corrected to "Shanghai" to preserve the original text. "contemplates" was corrected from "comtemplates". The rest of the text was formatted into HTML using tags as per the instructions.
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B 0.024 45 ¡This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government] CHINA TRADE. CONFIDENTIAL. Re 2. 15 001 08 [October 1. ¡ SECTION 1. [33991] No. 1. Memorandum communicated by the American Embassy, October 1, 1908. THE Secretary of State comtemplates giving the American Commissioners to the Opium Conference at Shanghae the rank of Ministers Plenipotentiary. Mr. Reid is instructed to inquire whether this would be agreeable to His Majesty's Government, and whether the British Commissioners at the Conference will be given similar rank. American Embussy, London, October 1, 1908. -1] [1980 a-1
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¡This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government]

CHINA TRADE.

CONFIDENTIAL.

Re

2. 15 001 08

[October 1. ¡

SECTION 1.

[33991]

No. 1.

Memorandum communicated by the American Embassy, October 1, 1908.

THE Secretary of State comtemplates giving the American Commissioners to the Opium Conference at Shanghae the rank of Ministers Plenipotentiary.

Mr. Reid is instructed to inquire whether this would be agreeable to His Majesty's Government, and whether the British Commissioners at the Conference will be given

similar rank.

American Embussy, London, October 1, 1908.

-1]

[1980 a-1

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