The following is a translation of the Nationalist Government's reply dated June 10 to M, Oudendijk:
"L have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excelleney'e telegram of Jane 9 to Chairman Tan Yen-kai of the Nationalist Government and to inform you that have taken note of its contents.
"We are deeply concerned with your report on the sudden return of General Pao's force tothe East ern suburb of Peking after they shad already effected their peaceful withdrawal from that ity.
"The Nationalist Government have telegraphed to the Commanders at the front, instructing them investigate the situation and to devise means for affording safety to the said force.
{Signed) ¥. L, Toxo, Nationalist Ministry of "Foreign Affairs, June 10."
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