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TRADE DEPARTMENT,
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REG 7 JUL 17
Your reference
6th July, 1917.
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32439
Sir,
I am instructed by the Director of the War Trade
Department to acknowledge receipt of your letter of
the 39th ultimo, relative to the proposal that general
authority should be given to the Governors of Hong Kong
and the Straits Settlements to grant licences in certain
cases without reference to the Secretary of State, and
I am to inform you that Lord Emmott conours in the
proposals contained in the third and fourth paragraphs
of your letter.
I an,
Sir,
The Under Secretary of State,
etc.
ata.
etc.,
Your obedient Servant,
Arching
JH/08.
Colonial Office.