CO129-372 - Public Offices - 1910 — Page 576

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OFFICE

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Sir E. Grey is of opinion that in the first in-

stance it will be desirable to obtain the opinion of

Sir C. Clementi Smith, the principal British Delegate

at the Shanghai Commission, on the Memorandum, and that

in any case it does not directly affect the main ques-

tion of the participation of this country in the forth-

coming Conference.

I am to suggest that the criticisms contained in

the memorandum can, if necessary, be communicated to

the United States Government independently at some fu-

ture date, or should a decision be arrived at that this

course is not advisable, that the Memorandum will if Dr.

Hamilton Wright's report is referred to at the Confer-

ence, provide the material for refuting the statements

in that report.

Sir E. Grey would be glad to be favoured with Lord

Crewe's

observations on this matter in due course.

I am, Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Wrangley