In any further communication
on the subject, please quote
No. 79171/X.
and address
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
C
Sir,
280
21243
FOREIGN OFFICE
RED.
REG 5 MAY 16]
May
1916.
eth reference to your letter of the 26th April
No 18557 and previous correspondence, I am directed
by Lord Robert Cecil to inform you that he concurs in
the view of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
that the exportation of gold leaf on a pre-wer scale
may be allowed from Hong Kong to White List firms
in China and Siam and to unsuspected firms in Java.
I am,
$17,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Maurice de Nansen
|
:
e Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.