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A revised and updated version of
Abraham Kuyper: An Annotated Bibliography 1857-2010 by Tjitze Kuipers (2011)

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1905

1905.25
[Aide-mémoire.]
In: British and Foreign State Papers. 1901–1902. Vol. XCV.
London, His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1905 (London, Harrison and Sons), pp. 605–606.
Communicated to the British Foreign Office: January 25, 1902.
See also: 1934.03 (French version and Dutch translation); 1957.03.
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This eleven-point memorandum was written to advance peace negotiations between the two contending parties in the Second Boer War (1899–1902). Drafted by the Dutch government and written in French, the Dutch envoy in London sent this official document to the British Foreign Office as an expression of its willingness to assist in reaching a settlement.

Kuyper was responsible for the composition and final editing of the document (in Dutch), which was then translated into French. The Dutch minister for foreign affairs, R. Melvil van Lynden (1843–1910), had declared himself opposed to any offer of assistance to England concerning the Second Boer War. After being confronted with Kuyper’s foreign diplomacy à titre personel, however, he agreed to the idea of sending this aide-mémoire. Four days after receiving it, the English government rejected the memorandum.