File 868/1904 Pt 7 'Consular: Germany; appointment of military officers as attaches to their Consulates in India' [‎23r] (49/108)

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In any further communica
tion on this subject, please quote
No. 24633/09.
and address —
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
Sir:-
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With reference to previous correspondence termina
ting with the letter from this Department of December
27th, 1906, I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward
Grey to transmit to you, to be laid before Viscount
Morley, a copy of a note communicated by the German
Ambassador on the 28th ultimo, respecting a propo
sal to attach an officer of the German Military force
in East Africa to the German Consulate General at Cal
cutta for a period of six months, for the study of
certain questions.
Count Metternich informed Sir Edward that this
appointment differs from the original proposal to ap
point a Military Attach^, and that he trusted that it
would he viewed with favour hy the Government of India.
Sir Edward would he glad to he favoured with any
observations
The Under Secretary of State,
India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. .
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