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Paraphrase of telegram from Sir J. Jordan to Foreign Office,

No.100, dated June 3rd 1909.

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Loan for railways in China,

C.O.

19074

Incep

دتم

JUN 16

You will be shewn Mr. Hillier's telegrams to the bank.

Chang will, it seems absolutely certain, in no case agree

to the British and Chinese Corporation being inserted in the

Agreement, and if there is further delay in signing the

whole of the loan will be jeopardized.

The situation is critical and I strongly advise that

Mr. Hillier should be given full discretionary powers to

deal with it.

I submit that internal differences between the Corpora-

tion and the Bank camot be allowed to interfere with our

political interests.