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COPY.
BY HAND.
118
9, Gracechurch Street,
London, T.C.5.
17th December, 1940.
My dear Bolton,
I attach a copy of a telegram sent to us by our Kobe Office via New York and dated December 16th. I presume this telegram was sent to our New York Office in code.
Our Kobe Office wire of 4th to which they
refer was as follows:-
"Do not draw on Kobe meantime cannot sell "sterling here"
The credit No.2335 to which reference is made is a credit opened by the Exchange Control Office, Bank of England their No. 1228 and is available in Kobe to captains of Norwegian steamers certified by Messrs. Aall & Co., Kobe.
As no doubt you will realise the
seriousness of the position that has arisen, I shall be grateful if you will deal with this matter as expeditiously as possible.
If you would care to discuss the matter with me I should be happy to call on you at your convenience.
Yours sincerely
(signed) C. K. BARNES.
G. L. F. Bolton, Esq.,
Bank of England, E.C.2.
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