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42557
REG 2 M 14
Times.
30
PRINTING HOUSE SQUARE,
438
LONDON, E.C.
October 27, 1914.
My dear Butler,
The point of the letter to which you refer was that certain gooda were to be shipped through Genoa, and that payment was to be made to a Swiss fim in order to hide
the German connection. It was not clear that the German fim in question was trading with Hong Kong, but I an having a letter sent to the English fim which gave us the information, and I have no doubt that they will explain matters in such a way as to help your investigation.
Yours sincerely,
Geoffery Robinson
F. G. A. Butler, Esq.,
Colonial Office,
Downing Street,
S.W.