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FROM CHUNGKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE
DEPARTMENTAL NO:1.
F6808
Sir H. Seymour.
13 SEP. 1945.
No:1077
D: 1.16 p.m. GMT. 12th September, 1945.
12th September, 1945.
R: 2.50 p.m. BST. 12th September, 1945.
IMPORTANT
a a a a
N.P
F-65-95/917/10.
Your telegrams Nos. 1,034 and 997.
We have been [grp. undec? told] Hong Kong has
asked urgently for all Hong Kong notes held by Central Bank of China in order to relieve currency shortage. Colonial Office agree, I can arrange to send them down by air at once. Denominations of notes are as follows:
If the
F6595°
Hong Kong $ 500 notes
47,260.
Hong Kong
100 notes
68,594.
Hong Kong %
50 notes
44.578.
Hong Kong
10 notes
294.589.
Hong Kong 8 5 notes
81,324.
56,670.
11
Hong Kong $ 1 notes
Total value approximately 36,000,000 Hong Kong dollars. They are packed in 15 wooden cases with an overall weight of about 33,000 lbs.
2. If Segregation of unissued notes and notes signed under pressure is still considered necessary, this could be done in Hong Kong where former members of Chinese staff of banks will presumably be available.
3.
I should be grateful for very early reply.
O.T.P.
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