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; Serret.

In any further communicatiou

on this subject, please quote

No.

and addres

25197/13.

The Under-Secretary of Stato,

Foreign Offtop,

Loudon.

RA 11.113

Rd

FOREIGN OFFICE

June

10:

Sir:-

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21178/11 Sun!

Me of Realy

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With reference to your letter of the 17th. March

last (21178/1911) inclosing a final and complete list

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of British Crown Colonies and protectorates to which it

was desired that the Treaty of Commerce of April 3rd,

1911, between the United Kingdom and Japan should

apply, I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to

transmit herewith, to be laid before Mr. Secretary

Harcourt, a copy of a despatch which has now been

received from His Majesty's Ambassador at Tokio in

reply to that sent to His Excellency of which a copy

was inclosed in my letter of April 5th. last.

With regard to the question raised by the Japanese

Government as to the position of Wel hal wei and the

-...

Kowloon leased territory, I am to refer to the

confidential correspondence which passed between the

two Departments at the time of the signature of the

Treaty

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.