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Any further communication
the subject, please quote
No. 39645/43.
address-
The Controller,
Foreign Trade Department.
Telephone: Gerrard 8640.
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FOREIGN TRAde Department,
LANCASTER House,
C
O
ST. JAMES,
20976
S.W.
1st May, 1916.
RECO
Secretary,
sir,
REB 4 MAY 16]
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to enclose
copy of a note from the Swiss Minister in London on
the subject of the detention of numerous cable messages
since the middle of February last, between Messrs.
Sulzer Freres S.A. of Winterthur, Switzerland, and
their branch in Kobe, Japan.
Assuming that the messages referred to have been
detained by the Cable Censor at Hong Kong or Singapore,
I am to request, if Mr Secretary Bonar Law sees no objection, that enquiries may be made of the Governments concerned, if possible by telegraph, as to the reasons
for the detention of this correspondence.
The Swiss firm of Sulzer Frères is not on the
general Black List, and their branch in Kobe has not been recommended for inclusion in the Statutory List
for Japan.
Colonial Office,
Whitehall, S. W.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Walter Townday
fate Controller.