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Any further communication
on the subject, please quate
No.
88854/60.
l address-
The Controller,
Foreign Trade Department.
Telephone: Gerrard 8640.
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REC REG
FOREIGN TRADE DEPARTMENT,
LANCASTER HOUSE,
ST. JAMES,
S.W.
29th April 1916.
Sir,
Reference No. 18722/1916.
In reply to your letter of the 25th instant
I am directed by Becretary Sir E. Grey to say,for
the information of Mr. Secretary Bonor Law, that there
would appear to be no objection to the importation
of unset diamonds into Hong Kong from the United
Kingdom provided that the packets bear the seals
of the Diamond Export Committee stamped with the names
of L. Breitmeyer and Company, V. Litkie and Company,
and A. Mosebury,
I am,
Sir,
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
Whitehall,
Your most obedient,
bumble Servant.
Walter Townley
The CONTROLLER,
for the
Dom
S.W.