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The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
Sir,
LONDON, S. W.
221
24, St. Mary Axe,
LONDON, E. 0.
8th. June, 1916.
27315
REC REG 9 JUN 16
REFERENCE 26559/1916.
In reply to the above letter we beg to inform you that it
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is not our wish that the Secretary for the Colonies should tele-
graph to the Governor of Hongkong on the matter referred to, be-
cause we have broken off negotiations with Mesgra Sandere Rehders
& Co., mainly because we are not willing to occupy any position
less than the direct Agents of the Texas Oil Company, and further
because the terms proposed to us were not satisfactory.
We are, Sir,
Your obedient Servants,
FOR DODWELL & COMPANY LIMITED,
DIRECTOR.