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By 35. "New York"
Reference No. 6402/1916
(Ref.108/16/16)
The Under Secretary of state,
Colonial Office,
sir,
London, S.F.
679
South Ferry Building,
1 State Street,
New York, Lay 12th,
1916.
re the 011 business in Hongkong and China of the Texas Company, Ecuston and New York.
I had the honor to write you yesterday, as in the clozure,
and as there is still time to address you by this mail, I nordbeg leave
to confirm the following cable which I ventured to send you 1st night,
reading:
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"Referring mine yesterday regarding oil business: ndly aa- certain Hongkong, and cable me, whether Dodwell Jompany, d firm, Dodwell (being a) director (of the) Hongkong Bank, are aceptable for agency Texas Company jointly (with) my Company stop.
3olicit, rely your recommendations (&) assistance, considering how my Company is being wronged."
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to which cable 1 beg leave to add briefly that, upon the recommendation
of ur. Wade Gardner (the New York agent of the Hongkong and hanghai Banking Corporation referred to in my previous letter), I add desers. Dodwell and Company, Limited, of London, New York, China & serhere, whether they would undertake the South China agenoy of the pany, jointly with my Company, on terus accepted by the Ho
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