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INDUSTRIAL ACTION IF THEY WERE NOT REPATRIATED. HKC REPLACEMENTS
WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY ADVERSE REACTION
IN THE COLONY. UK CREWING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL STROMNESS IS SOLD
TO THE US NEXT YEAR. PEARLEAF AND PLUMLEAF WILL GO OUT OF SERVICE
ON THE DATES SHOWN AND MOD PROPOSE TO RETAIN HKC CREWS UNTIL THEN. SIR GALAHAD AND SIR TRISTRAM WERE HIT AT BLUFF COVE AND THE
TEMPORARY REPLACEMENTS ARE UK CREWED, IN LINE WITH A GENERAL AGREEMENT WITHIN THE NATIONAL MARITIME BOARD THAT NEWLY CHARTERED
OR NEW BUILT SHIPS SHOULD BE UK MANNED. SIR TRISTRAM IS TO BE REBUILT, BUT SIR GALAHAD WAS BEYOND SALVAGE, AND A LONG-TERM REPLACEMENT WILL BE NECESSARY. BOTH VESSELS WILL BE UK CREWED.
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS, IF POSSIBLE, BY 22 NOVEMBER. THE CBF IS BEING INFORMED SEPARATELY OF CURRENT PLANS AND YOU MAY WISH TO DISCUSS WITH HIM OR CAPIC BEFORE REPLYING.
W.
SIGNED R J F HOARE
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