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In any further communication this subject, please quote
No. F 267/57/10
and address-
not to any person by name,
but to-
"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
IMMEDIATE AND SECRET
Sir,
2
FOREIGN OFFICE,
S.W.1.
23rd January, 1929.
With reference to Foreign Office letter F 131/57/10 of
January 10th and the recent decision of His Majesty's
Government to remit the Boxer Indemnity unconditionally to
the Chinese Government, I am directed by Secretary Sir
Austen Chamberlain to enclose herewith, for the concurrence
of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the draft of
a telegram which he proposes to send to His Majesty's
Minister at Peking, acquainting him with the decision and
asking for his observations as to the best way of carrying
it out.
2.
Final instructions will not be wired to Sir M.Lampson
until his observations have been received and considered.
3. Sir Austen Chamberlain would be glad if this matter
can be treated as urgent and strictly secret, especially
as the draft telegram enclosed will, if approved, be
despatched in secret cypher.
4.
Similar letters are being addressed to the Treasury
and Board of Trade.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
George Mounsey.
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