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even if we got the goods acize & condemned
therefore that ence there would be any
balance left to the Crown(it will be observed that
Capp the goods are not of a kind likely to have preciated during t pro, ress of the war, peing hard-ware and cotton
Moreover the Klamm shipment are perhaps yet talle sewing read respectivel; In these circumst nões,
unless you think it desirable to pursue the question
further, and ascertain definitely whether the goods
were enemy owned at the outbreak of war, I should be
inclined to let the shipment go through.
In the case of the Fromm shipments this Ces proceden
will, of course, be for the benefit of the British
Allied and neutral creditors of the Hong Kong Bank.
In the case of the Lamm shipment it would be only for the benefit of Lamm Brothers of Antwerp, but I do
not think we would be justified
Glam
Der Gorory up
Brothers' goods, although this firm are, I think, to some extent suspect. We probably should fail to seb them condemned or forfeited by letting the shipment proceed
The proper course will, I think, be to allow the importation of both shipments
and to
secure from the Bank an undertaking not to part with
received in respect of the Llamm Shipment the money during. Une continuance of the war without
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the consent of the Secretary of State.
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