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THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA AND CHINA

TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LIKITE).

Electra House,

Finsbury Pavement,

7th June, 1921.

LONDON.E.0.2.

Dear Mr.Wellesley:-

Since I had the pleasure of seeing you last Friday respecting the proposed negotiations between the Eastern

Extension and Great Northern Companies and the Chinese Telegraph Administration, I have conferred with Mr.Suenson and my Board on the subject with the following result,

In view of the altered situation since the Joint

Instructions were given to the Companies' Representatives in

China, and to your representations thereon, the Companies will

take no action towards obtaining a prolongation beyond 1930 of their Monopoly in China, so long as the International Consortium as now constituted is maintained, and exercises the functions

for which it was established,

The Companies' Representatives in China will be in-

structed accordingly,

Youre sincerely,

(signed) J.Denison Pender.

Victor Wellesley, Esq., C.B.,

Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,

Foreign Office,

S.W.1.

Chairman.