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RES MAR 16
OFFICE
February 29, 1916.
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Sir:-
I am directed by Secretary Sir E.Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No 6512/1916
of the 18th instant, enquiring whether the purchase money for certain Belgian window glass which Messrs.
Van Ommeren desire to ship to Hong Kong has been
deposited in a Bank in the United Kingdom.
In reply, I am to transmit to you herewith a
copy of a note and enclosure from the Danish
Kinister, in which the circumstances attending this
transaction are set forth. * Secretary Bonar Law
will see that the responsibility for the evasion of
the regulations of His Majesty's Government rests
with the late Mr Funch, formerly British Vice Consul
at Copenhagen, who subsequently committed suicide.
Mr Bonar Law will no doubt agree that in the peculiar circunstances Sir E.Grey had no option but to authorise the shipment, and he trusts that the
Governor of Hong Kong will be instructed to allow
importation.
I am,
sir.
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
Alan
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