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Telegrams: Foodkeeper, London Telhone: WELbeck 5500
Plea quote Ministry reference
in reply
M.o.F. Ref.
Your Reference....
Dear Mr. Scott,
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MINISTRY OF FOOD
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45 1945
Mr. Jones Parry wrote to Mr. McEuen on 20th September asking him to advise him on the possibility of obtaining any foodstuffs from China for Borneo and Hong Kong during the period of military responsibility in these territories. You received a copy of his
letter of 24th September in reply, stating that he could not advise us about ways and means of getting anything out of China at the moment. I see, however, from cable 1160 of the 23rd September, from H. 1399186/10
H.M.-F399 Ambassador at Chungking to the Foreign Cffice, which indicates that it may now be easier to send more British representatives to China, and that the re- opening of important consular posts is being proposed to the Chinese Government. In these circumstances, I wonder whether specific enquiries could not be made about surpluses of oilseeds and fats, to the Commercial Counellor or to any consular offices who have returned to their posts. The particular commodities concerned
are:
For BORNEO
Groundnuts
280 tons 100
Lard Bean Oil
300
For HONG KONG
Groundnuts
Oil Seed Fats
A.L.Scott, Esq., Foreign Office, Whitehall, S.W.1.
3425 tons 1007
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