33940/1917.
Downing Street,
659
August, 1917.
Sir,
I am directed by Hr. Secretary Long, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th June, addressed to Hr. H. Lambert, G.B., of this Depart- ment, and to inform you that he has read with much interest kár. T. „inscough's Confidential report upon the Probable Position of British Trade in the Far East
After the Far.
2. Mr. Long will be glad to know whether the Committee sees any objection to copies being supplied, for confidential use, to the Governments of Hong Kong, Ceylon and the Straits Settlements, and if the Com- mittee has no objection, to be furnished with 36 further copies of the report.
1 am,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant
THE SECRETARY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
BOARD OF TRADE.
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