CO129-363 - Public Offices & Others - 1909 — Page 5

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RECE Brot 5 NOV 09

[March 30.]

SECTION 2.

AFFAIRS OF CHINA.

CONFIDENTIAL.

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(No. 58.)

(Telegraphic.) P.

CUSTOMS succession.

No. 1.

Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.

Foreign Office, March 30, 1909.

I have been informed by Sir R. Hart that he is returning in June by sea to China for a limited period at the telegraphic request of the Chinese Government.

Please see my despatch No. 34, Confidential, of the 4th February.

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