CO129-438 - Public Offices - 1916 — Page 478

Hongkong & Shanghai Bank. 2. Gracechurch. Straat. London!

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Dear Mr Sheet-Maithand,

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explains itself.

only

I have

that my

object in seeking

interview

is to lay before

The present

you, briefly, the

state of the negotiations

referred

To make

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* if possible,

sure of the support –

If the Colonial Office in

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