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It is to draw attention to these measures that
the present Memorandum has bcou drawn up,
and, even if the preoiso proposals which have
been indicated do not meet with approval, it
may confidently bo said that somo change of
polioy will be called for to meet the exigencies
of an altered situation, and that opportunities
should be seized or created in order to consolidate
our position, and to turn to advantage by tiraoly
action the few years which may remain before
the advent of the Bagdad Bailway.
Foreign Office,
February 12,1908.
