In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present Agreement, and have affixed thereto the seal of the arms.
Done in duplicate at Brussels, this 12th day of May, 1894.
| (L.S.) | FRANCIS RICHARD PLUNKETT. |
| (L.S.) | EDM. VAN EETVELDE. |
Claims of Turkey and Egypt in Basin of the Upper Nile not Ignored.
(1) Sir F. Plunkett to Mr. van Eetvelde.
British Legation, Brussels,
12th May, 1894.
M. le Secrétaire d’Etat,
The Earl of Kimberley, in authorising me to sign the Agreement of this day’s date for a lease of certain territories in the British sphere of influence in East Africa to His Majesty King Leopold II, has directed me to record the assurance that the parties to the agreement do not ignore the claims of Turkey and Egypt in the Basin of the Upper Nile.
I avail, etc.,