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The British Ambassador (Reading) to the Acting Secretary of State
Memorandum
His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador presents his compliments to the Acting Secretary of State and has the honour to inform him that the proposal referred to in the Memorandum from this Embassy No. 144 of February 24th, was the result of a request from the Union of Chinese Workmen in Russia, which was transmitted in a wireless communiqué from the Bolshevist authorities, and has no connection with that contained in the Embassy’s memorandum No. 57 of January 20th.
His Majesty’s Government have communicated the proposal mentioned in the Embassy’s memorandum No. 144 to their representative at Pekin, for the observations of the Chinese Government, and they are awaiting a reply from Sir John Jordan.