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British Consulate-General,
SHANGHAI,
15th July 1940.
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Copied to: H.M.Ambassador, Shanghai, No. 458.
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19 SEP 1940
My Lord,
With reference to Foreign Office despatch No. 77 (F 3178/6/10) of the 21st June, 1935, I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of a letter from the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, regarding the Bank's notes in circulation on the 30th June, 1940.
From the Mercant- 2.
On that date I held a deposit receipt in the ile Bank of India, joint names of His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General Ltd., 12/7/40. at Shanghai and the Mercantile Bank of India for the
sum of $12,000, deposited at call with the Central Bank of China. I similarly held on the 30th June, 1940, a deposit receipt for the sum of $300,000 deposited at call with the Central Bank of China, in the joint names of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China and His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General, Shanghai, as security for the note issue of that Bank.
I have the honour to be,
With the highest respect,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
assword.
Consul-General.
His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
Foreign Office,
LONDON.
for Foreign Affairs,
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