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The Charge in Great Britain (Wright) to the Secretary of State

No. 3655

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Department’s instruction No. 824 of June 24, 1920, in regard to the proposed [Page 40] abolition of the special system established during the war for the purpose of controlling the passports of persons traveling on the Chinese Eastern and South Manchuria Railways.

In reply I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the information of the Department, a copy of a memorandum dated October 20, 1920,34 in which the Foreign Office informs me that the British Government concur in the suggestion of the United States Government that the special control should now be discontinued. The Foreign Office adds that instructions to that effect have been sent to the British Chargé d’Affaires at Peking, who has been directed to act in concert with his colleagues.

I have [etc.]

J. Butler Wright
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