CO129-464 - Public Offices - 1920 — Page 286

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No. 176773/10F.

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not to any person by name,

The Under-Secretary of State,"

Foreign Office,

PRESSING,

London, S.W.1.

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KJIGY OFFICE.

S.W.1.

TRES

February 28 20920.

I am directed by Earl Curzon of Kedleston to

inform you that on receipt of your letter of the

15th January, with regard to the position of the

British American Tobacco Company Limited under the China (Companies) Amendment Order-in-Council, 1919,

a telegram was sent to His Majesty's Minister at

Peking requesting his observations on this matter.

Copy of this telegram and of Sir John Jordan's reply,

received on the 7th instant are enclosed herewith.

It will be observed that Sir John Jordan con-

siders that the British American Tobacco Company is

the only genuine British company which is likely to

be seriously inconvenienced by the Order, and that

in the case of that firm it is desirable that it

should/

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.