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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
FOR WARREN, FED
YOUR TELNO 103 TO HONG KONG: REPARATION ASSOCIATION HK
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1 WE HAVE DELIBERATELY NOT SPOKEN TO THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT ABOUT THIS ISSUE. LIKE YOU, HOWEVER, WE FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THEY WOULD BE PREPARED TO HONOUR WARTIME CURRENCY SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF A PETITION BY THE REPARATION ASSOCIATION.
2. YOUR PROPOSED REPLY SEEMS FAIRLY TO ANSWER THE LEGAL POINT WHETHER THERE ARE ANY GROUNDS FOR US TO TAKE UP THE MATTER WITH THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. ON ONE POINT OF DETAIL, HOWEVER, 23 WONDER WHETHER IT IS POSSIBLE TO ENLARGE ON YOUR REFERENCE TO THE DECISION TAKEN QUOTE BEFORE THE ENDING OF HOSTILITIES UNQUOTE THAT NO VALUE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO JAPANESE CURRENCY. IF HONG KONG CITIZENS WERE TOLD OF THIS DECISION AT THE TIME, OR SHORTLY AFTER LIBERATION (AS PRESUMABLY THEY WERE), THE CASE FOR REPARATIONS NOW WOULD SEEM TO BE FURTHER WEAKENED.
CCN WA HOWEVER, WE WONDER ETC
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