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RUBBER AND TIN EXPORTS COMMITTEL 5
3, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE,
WESTMINSTER, S.W.
15th September, 1915.
Sir,
I am directed by the Rubber & Tin Exports Committee
to acknowledge the receipt of Sir John Anderson's letter
7.0 of the 13th instant (No.39853/15) transmitting copies of
correspondence relative to the export of Tin from the
Straits Settlements and Hong Kong to Japan.
In reply, I am to state, for the information of the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, tht the Committee
feel that the removal of the embargo on the export in
question in favour of Japan, if _llowed, would to some
extent bind them to granting similar concessions to
France, Russia and Italy if requested. Such a step
would, in the ir opinion, hve the effect of placing beyond
their control a con:iderable proportion of the export of
Tin from the Colonies in question, a proceeding which they
regard as highly undesirable.
In all the circumstances, the Committee are not dis-
posed to support the view that the embargo should be re-
moved, but they would point out that, in view of the
restrictione pl.ced by the Japanese Government on the re-
export of Tin ani m nuf ctures thereof, they have all
along accorded immediste nd f vourable consideration
to all applic tions made to them for permission to
export.
The Under-Secretary of State,
COLONIAL OFFICE.
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