In any further communication
on the subject, please quote
Xo.
and addres
168666/15.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
VERY URGENT.
London.
53623
REC
FOREIGN OFFICE
November
113
1915.
sir,
REG 19 NOV 151
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to
Gend $8921/15
acknowledge the receipt of your letters Nos. 48921/15
Av end 50994/15 of the 6th and 10th instants, respecting the measures to be taken in the Far Eastern Colonies with respect to the prohibition of trading with the
enemy.
2. Sir E. Grey concurs generally in the terms of
the draft telegram to the Governor of Hongkong en-
closed in your letter of the 10th instant. He would suggest, however, for the consideration of the Secretary of State for the Colonies that it would
be advisable to amend the wording of the telegram
as to make it clear that the Colonial Authorities
are to continue to intercept shipments to and from
firms in China and Siam whose names do not appear on
the list of approved consignees and that His Majesty's
Minister at Bangkok will only notify by telegram
shipments of the type contemplated by Messrs. Mark-
wald and Company.
3 If Mr. Secretary Bonar Law concurs in this
alteration, Sir E. Grey will cause a further telegram
to be sent to His Majesty's Minister at Bangkok,
explaining the basis on which action will in future
be taken. Meanwhile to avoid delay Sir E. Grey has
caused
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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