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London stipulated as a condition for granting the export
permit that the money for the glass shall be deposited with
a Bank in the United Kingdom until the Belgian Kingdom is
no långer occupied by the enemy. The reason for this con-
dition evidently is that the British Government wishes to
prevent that the money for the goods reaches Belgium before the Belgians are again masters in their own country, but the Foreign Office has quite misunderstood this point because
the 3000 cases as mentioned above have already been paid
for to the Belgian manufacturer go that the money which will
be collected in Hongkong as payment for the glass will
cashed in our favour and this should be no reason for the
British Government to withhold the proceeds of the glass3.
The promise made to us by the British Vice-Consul at
Copenhagen as you are aware, Mr. Funch died in the meantime
and we have nothing from him in writing
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induced us to
buy the abt. Fra.80,000 worth of glass and pay the money
for same. The goods have been delivered to Amsterdan where
they are now lying, but cannot be shipped which means a
heavy loss to us, and it is quite impossible for us to let
the money remain in Hongkong until the war is over.
We trust that the Royal Danish Legation will kindly
assist us further in this matter and endeavour to obtain
for us the desired export permit.
Perhaps you will be kind enough to telegraph us as
soon