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not the production but the shipment of coal
which is important; he maintains that Mr.
Nathan and his ex-naval colleague can be relied
upon to restrict the flow of coal to the greatest
Figh A
possible degree; and secondly the presence
of British executives secures decent treatment
from the Japanese for the Chinese staff.
Mr. Young's suggestion that we should
model our conduct on that of the Chinese is
clearly not impressive, and you will see from our
reply that we have not in any way tempered the
wind to the K.M.A. as a result of his represen-
tations.
There remains the point about putting in a
Inah
malier While we appreciate/this as a paint
is
controller.
which must be decided by you, we feel that
business firms which are capable of writing the
kind of letter sent by the K.M.A. in time of war
are not to be trusted to subordinate their private
we hope inverifie Conséquently,
interests to the national effort.
mich you may decide upon
69 WA APA coffeerned, we should weleeme the
appointment of a controller.if
aseerdance with your views.
poin
I am afraid that there is no chance of our
being able ourselves to follow up the matter on
political issues any further,
nor that we
shall be able to make representations at Chungking
to get the Chinese to discourage their people !
from working at the mines of the affiliated
Chinese company.
yours sincerely.
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1516.
Sgd 6. P. Young.
NOTHING
TO
BE
WRITTEN
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