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(027/6172. (.0.1.)

28th October 1914.

sir,

I am comanded by the Army Council to state, for the information of secretary Sir „dward Grey, that it appears to

them desirable to withdrew the staff of the orth China

Command for the period of the war, and to place the troops remaining at Tientsin and the Peking Legation Quard in the

South China Comsand.

2.

I am to ask if the Secretary of state for orein Affairs is willing to concur in this proposal.

se Under secretary of State

for Forein ffairs,

Foreign Office.

I ay,

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

Sd B.B. Cubitt