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Franco-Siamese Treaty

MR. SMEATON (Stirlingshire)


I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, during the
negotiations which preceded the Treaty between Siam and France which has just been
concluded, His Majesty's Government were consulted; whether that Treaty permits any
extension of French influence or interests on the right bank of the Mekong towards
the British political frontier; and whether the Treaty gives any preference to
French merchandise passing into Siam over merchandise coming from the British Shan
States.

THE SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir Edward Grey, Northumberland,
Berwick)
I must ask the hon. Member to wait till the terms of the Treaty are made public
before I can answer Questions about it.

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