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REC.
REGE 13 JUN 17
80
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 18th. April, 1917.
Sir,
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From Secretary of State:
9th.April, 1917.
To Secretary of State:
12th.April,1917.
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Company of New York.
2.
With reference to the telegraphic correspondence
noted in the margin, I have the honour to in-
-form you that the British Banks have been
informed that there is no objection to their having dealings with the Guaranty Trust
Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., applied for a permit to ship essential oils to their office in New York. Later on they expressed a wish to consign the shipment to the Guaranty Trust Company, and on the Superintendent of Imports and Exports objecting they agreed to consign in accordance with their permit.
3.
In making his objection the Superintendent of Imports and Exports was acting on information contained in lists furnished by the Vice-Admiral Commanding-in-Chief, know as "" Memorando, I enclose copies or the Memoranda referred to.
In August, 1915, the Cable Censor reported to
the Chief Censor as follows:-
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
4.
"The Blue Book on Enemy Traders is full of unflattering references to the Guaranty Trust Company of New York. There are over ninety such references.....
The transactions are mainly in cotton and banking facilities, there are some in connection with copper.
WALTER LONG, M.P.,
&c.,
&C..
&o...