Matters have since been brought to a head by a letter on June 97 from the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs to the Secretary of the Council in which he states that an offer has been made to him to sell certain vacant plots of land and asking that a plan be drawn up. The Council, through its Vice-Chairman and Secretary, replied on July 4 expressing surprise and placing on record their most emphatic protest against this sale effected on Tines and/or conditions other than those to which the Commissioner had pledged himself in previous Council meetings. Avcording to these conditions, the proceeds of sales of Russian state-owned lands should be deposited in the Russo-Asiatic Bank while the agreement of the manager of the Bank in the sale price is also required.
"The bombshell! arrived three
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