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REC
33837
Red 22 JUL 15623
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG, 18th. June, 1915,
With reference to the telegraphic correspond-
ence noted in the margin, decodes of which messages are attached, and to Mr. Harcourt's Confidential Despatch of the 24th. of April, I have the honour to inform you that after careful consideration I have come to the conclusion that I should not be justified in refusing to permit Mr. Backhouse, a former employee of the Firm of Sander, Wieler and Company, to act as Agent for or to buy from the firm of Messrs. Sanders Rehders and Company. The latter firm is permitted to trade in England. Its composition shows a strong foreign element and its action in nominating first Mr. Schlüter and
then Mr. Cheetham for the Agency in Hongkong of the Texas Oil Company was open to suspicion. But if on these grounds I were to
refuse to permit Mr. Backhouse to act for the firm or to buy from them I must be prepared to refuse to allow any one to do the same or in other words to prevent the firm from trading in Hongkong al- -together. This would involve embarking on a new policy which has not received your sanction, and it is doubtful whether there exists
the legal power to enforce it.
There appear to be some grounds for suspecting that in the Texas Oil business Messrs. Sanders Rehders and Company Limited will really be acting in the joint interests of themselves
and essrs. Reuter Bröckelmann and Company but the evidence does
not
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ANDREY BONAR LAW, M.P.,
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