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F. E. JACKSON & CO. LTD.
The Manager,
MERCHANTS IMPORTERS & EXPORTERS
China National Light Industrial
Products,
Import & Export Corporation,
Shanghai Branch,
128 Huchiu Road,
Shanghai, CHINA.
ESTABLISHED 1890
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/ 28-38 ANZAC AVENUE,
AUCKLAND, C.I, N.Z.
15th August, 1967.
Dear Sir,
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We are in receipt of your letter of 5th August in which you acknowledged receipt of our letter of 17th July covering our Order No. 11, Item No. 721 for various items of tools.
In reply to our letter of 17th July we note you have also received our Letter of Credit, No. 94/2571/2, established through the National Bank of New Zealand Ltd.
As indicated in our letter, we provided in this Credit for trans-shipment to Hong Kong for the reason that regular, direct sailing to Auckland are available from that Port.
We have now received your letter in which you say that in no circumstances will you allow trans-shipment to be made at Hong Kong, au the reason you give is to protest the fascist violence of British Authorities in Hong Kong and to give firm support to the political struggle of our Hong Kong compatriots in their grand strike against this violence, we shall, in no circumstances, allow trans-shipment to be made at Hong Kong"
Frankly, as a Commercial House, we are surprised at you allowing a political situation to enter into Trade and Commerce. We have always held the view that Trade and Commerce are above political considerations and that Trade transcends the powers of Governments to control it. It is bigger than politics.
Our Company is constantly representing this point of view to our own Government, who, for many years past, has re- stricted Imports by a system of Import Licensing.
We, as
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