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E. If Gumbheer Singh has been advancing 
since the termination of the war, he will be di¬ 
rected to fall back to the posts which he occu¬ 
pied at the time the news of peace reached him. 
— B. It would be agreeable to us, if you would 
also write to Gumbheer Singh, as well as to the 
Commissioner. 
E. I will write also to Gumbheer Singh.— 
B. As our forces are not permitted to occupy 
any part of the kingdom of Munnipore, we wish 
that your troops and officers should also be re¬ 
moved according to the Treaty of Yandabo. 
E. You state that by the Treaty of Yandabo 
British officers and troops are not to remain at 
Munnipore: I ask, by what article of the treaty 
are they precluded from doing so?— B. Is it 
in the treaty that they shall stay there? 
E. It is not in the treaty that they shall stay, 
neither is it in the treaty that officers and troops 
shall occupy Cachar and Assam, or any other 
country not dependent on the Burmese Govern¬ 
ment, but still they may do so without any in¬ 
fringement of treaty. It is specified in the 
treaty, that you shall not interfere in the affairs 
of Munnipore ; but such is not the case with us. 
You must therefore state your request upon 
some other grounds, as you have no claims by 
the Treaty of Yandabo.— B. If your officers are 
