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#oveaba»* affigg
| fa directed by "to. ^cretnry JfaeDoaald to
trs&s&'ii to you, to bo befovaViaootutt Haliffc*. a
eo$y of** despatch frat* the High Coiaaiaaionoy f«r tte
western 1*fteiS'ie» p»£osiag that a branch of tha ailbert
and Kliiee Xalanda Coloaiy Bostal "fiarvice, should to
established oS-^aM^ island.     Thia j^ropoisi?! has
alraadjr f©raed %h*? aubJaeC     aef&i-offioial correspond-
aaea undor ?omlgn Qfflee reference %T6980/S3/feS.
fc.      Hairing ragard to the tt*rs&a $f articiaa 8 and
3 of the Xxohanga of llotaa oiRSw 6th of A$rli*
ter. MatfDonald would be gratcfro iif Itta 3£»jeaty*a
^abasaaftor l^%ta^%toii coulii be iaatructad to
naeartain fro» the OaY&rnaaat of tte United atatea of
•laariea tlmt tha? h«*a ao objection to this propoaal.
8.
wmim cm®.
8.     In this eotroaetiott, 1 m to lavita
attention to tits oaalossti co^y of I telegram from «$aV*
|i» Kajftatgr** Oovejraae'it 1a 3** ^ilnad.    (t* copy
of thif* telagraa vn@ aant a*uKi~offi«i«Ily to the
Foreign Office i& a lattar fro* tfco fcoaiitions Office
of tho &*tk of Qetofeer).      Mr* aaeSonald is advised
that the arrsi*«ai«mta soataaplated U>jr Paa American
MrwjNl as stated; la this teXagvaa rsaount in efffrct
tajjMtjiM^^ gyBNiy^^wa»: on
Canton lalsaa*    His Ma pasty's OosanMsw'W'tiie Onito*"
Xtag&m Uftve apparently received so notification froa
the fcoveraseirt of tlaa Waited state* reg*trdi& these
arrangaseata* cut it mr be considered appropriate to
refer to th<*tt in a$£>roae1aing the United 'states oovernnaat
»og«*<iin« tte proposal for establishing a firitiah i*sat
©ffioe on the Islaiwi.
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Year *o*t obedient servant*