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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 792 OF 19 JULY.
1973.
YOUR TELEGRAM 682: REGISTER OF SHIPPING.
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THIS CROSSED MY TELEGRAM 759, WHICH IN PART ANSWERED IT,
2. THE ACTUAL FIGURES FOR PAO'S FLEET ARE:
TONNAGE: 5.9 M. TONS DEADWEIGHT.
NO. OF SHIPS: 84.
NO. OF BRITISH MASTERS 30-40 AT ANY TIME.
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REGIDITY N5,51 2080LD973
NO. OF BRITISH FIRST MATES: 20-30 AT ANY TIME.
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3. THE TONNAGE COMMANDED BY COMBINATIONS OF BRITISH MASTERS AND
FIRST MATES WHO ARE BRITISH OR HAVE BRITISH CERTIFICATES VARIES
CONSIDERABLY FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE WOULD
BE CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SITUATION IN WHICH A CERTAIN
NUMBER OF HIS SHIPS HAPPENED TO BE COMMANDED BY A COMBINATION OF
BRITISH MASTERS AND MATES AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, AND THAT PRODUCED
BY THE TERMS OFFERED IN YOUR TELEGRAM 611, WHICH WOULD IMMOBILSIE
SHIPS FOR ANY PERIOD DURING WHICH THEY WERE UNABLE TO MUSTER SUCH
A COMBINATION.
4. IN ANY CASE, MR PAO WAS QUITE DEFINITE THAT YOUR OFFER ON FIRST MATES DID NOT PROVIDE A BASIS FOR A WORTHWILE REGISTER, THOUGH
ARRANGEMENTS ALONG THE LINES SUGGESTED IN PARAGRAPHS 7 AND 9
OF MY TELNO 724 WOULD DO SO.
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