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CIPHER TELEGRAM
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078583.
This message will not be distributed outside British Government Departments ng/5. or Headquarters or re-transmitted, even in cipher, without being paraphrased. (Messages marked O.T.P. need not be paraphrased).
F.837L
5 OCT 1945
Recd. 192300 Oct 145.
From: - Cin C.Hong Kong.
To:-
Info:
HQ British Troops China. Ambassador Chungking.
D.T.0.182350,
War Office(for Colonial Office).
IMPORTANT.
Unnumbered cipher 18 Oct. RESTRICTED.
Your 0530 20th September.
General Pan Hua-Kuo
General Pan's Mission has now received advance totalling
200,000 dollars in four instalments of fifty thousand dollars
which I do not regard as unreasonable in the circumstances.
Rate of exchange on repayment would not normally enter into question as far as we are concerned as ordinary procedure would be for Chinese National Council to remit dragt to Hong Kong Bank for amount due directly exchange facilities are
restored. It is not quite clear, however, whether Council
proposal is to pay Embassy equivalent to Chinese dollars when
latter will presumably credit Hong Kong funds through Foreign Office Account. Difficulty about such procedure would presumably
be that there is no real exchange rate. Grateful for information
s to exact position and for your views as to manner in which
future requests for advances should be dealt with.
C.6.Tels.
Distribution by F.5.
Copies to: D.F.A. F.5(5) D. D. C.A. (MG)
C.A.4.17.
Col.CA.
D.E. (CA)
(Mr.Caine) (3)
Colonial Office (Mr.Gent)
Foreign Office. (Far Eastern Dept.) Treasury (Mr. James)
Bank of England (Mr. Fisher)
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