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New Delhi's letter No. 63-Ch.

They point out that

&

this double copying, of which the above were only

specimens they had selected at random from papers

received this yeur, involves a considerable amount

of extra labour in rexistration etc. at Shanghai, and

probably elsewhere too. They sus est es remedy thet

the External affairs Department nd Kashgar Consulate-

General, to whom they have sent copies of their letter

to us, should take special care to note on the copy

sent home that the document in question has been copied

to Shanghai if it has. hen this has been done, we

would of course not send a further copy from here.

This suggestion seems to us quite reasonable

for, although quite often documents we receive from you are marked "copy to Shanghai", it appears that this is

not always the case. If therefore you concur, would

you mind tuking up the matter with New Delhi end, through

them, with Kashgar, so that a regular and uniform

procedure may be used in future?

Yours ever

(Jev M.J. R. Talbot.

m.q.

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