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Page 187 of "Papers Relating to Tibet, 1904."
Despatch from the Marquess of Lansdowne to Sir C. Scott,
dated April 8, 1903.
(Extract)
The Russian Ambassador informed me to-day that he had
received from Count Lamsdorff a reply to the communica-
tion which he had made to him after his conversation with
me on the 24th ultimo. Count Lamsdorff's letter had been
despatched from St. Petersburgh before he could receive the
further despatch which Count Benckendorff had addressed
to him after our conversation on the 1st instant. Count
Benckendorff was now able to assure me officially that there
was no Convention about Tibet, either with Tibet itself or
with China, or with anyone else, nor had the Russian Govern-
ment any Agents in that country, or any intention of sending
Agents or Missions there. Count Lamsdorff had even ex-
pressed some surprise that Count Benckendorff had not taken
upon himself to give an immediate contradiction to these
reports. He was, indeed, astonished that they should re-
ceive so much credence by His Majesty's Government.
Count Benckendorff went on to say that although the Rus-
sian Government had no designs whatever upon Tibet, they
could not remain indifferent to any serious disturbance of
the status quo in that country. Such a disturbance might
render it necessary for them to safeguard their interests in
Asia, not that, even in this case, they would desire to inter-
fere in the affairs of Tibet, as their policy "ne viserait le
Thibet en aucun cas," but they might be obliged to take
measures elsewhere. They regarded Tibet as forming a
part of the Chinese Empire, in the integrity of which they
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