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It is to draw attention to these measures that
the present Memorandum has boon drawn up,
and, even if the preciso proposuls which have
been indicated do not meet with approval, it
may confidently be said that somo change of
policy will bo 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 timely
action the few yoars which may romain before
the advent of the Bagdad Railway.
Foreign OfJicet
February 12, 1008.