CO129-437 - Public Offices - 1916 — Page 422

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In any further communication

on the subject, please quote

No.

136655/16/F.

and addres

The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Offlee,

London.

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REC

REG? 22 JUL

FOREIGN OFFICE

July 21,1916

Sir:

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With reference to Colonial Office letter 32698 of the

13th instant, I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit to you herewith copy of a telegram addressed to His Majesty's Minister at Peking on the subject of the

present position of affairs in South China.

I am to add that the Secretary of State concurs in

the terms of the telegram which Mr. Bonar Law proposes

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to address to Sir W. May in this connection.

I am,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Wangen

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial office.