J. R. Brooks, Esq., Manager,
The Chartered Bank,
Box 2135,
4th Floor, 185 Yuan Ming Yuan Lu,
Shanghai,
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
3rd June, 1980.
I did not realise until this morning that you are now "our man in Shanghai" and I hasten to convey to you my heartiest congratulations. It is certainly a change from the Philippines and I very much hope that you will be very happy and successful in your new appointment.
This letter will introduce to you my good friend Philip Morrice, Assistant Head of the Hong Kong and General Department at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office who will be visiting Shanghai from the 26th to the 28th of June. At this point he does not know where he will be staying but I have asked him to get in touch with you on arrival. lle will be coming from Hong Kong and I have written a similar letter to Bill Brown.
Philip is wellknown to me and also to Michael McWilliam and has been very helpful to the Bank not only when he was on the South African desk but also by giving me very valuable introductions to FCO people throughout the world.
As I said before Philip is a good friend of mine and has also been very helpful to the Bank in the past and I should be extremely grateful for any assistance that you could give him.
With kindest regards.
C. D. Kauffmann
Director