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Paraphrase of CYPHER Telegram.
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...Governor, Hongkong.
vedadƐ že yradenost sat.............. MOTË
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.Secretary of State.
..17th. February, 1915.
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Referring to your telegram of the 25th. January, I object to Schluter whose parents are German and who is a German except for the accident of birth in London. As for Cheetham I have no objection. He is an Englishman. The only objection is that he is in the German firm of Reuter Brockelmann. It is possible that it is desired to employ him merely in order to keep the latter firm alive in Hongkong till after the war.
There are many local British firms who could under- -take the agency of Sanders Rehders successfully and before I reply to the latter regarding Cheetham I would be obliged if you would inform me whether any policy of suppressing German trade in order to enable British firms to capture it underlies your cypher telegram of the 16th. October.
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