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Telegrams-"SHIPMINDER, VIC, LONDON,"
Any further communication on this foot should be addressed to—
MINISTRY OF SHIPPING,
The Secretary,
Malstry of Shipping.
and the following number quoted:-
71508/17
311
St. James's Park,
London, S.W. 1,
/ November, 1917.
sir,
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55341
REG 12 NOV 17]
I am directed by the Shipping Controller to refer to
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Mr. Grindle's letter of the 30th ultimo, (No.52571/17)
enclosing a copy of a telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong
respecting the proposal for the control of shipping in the
East.
With regard to this matter, Sir Joseph Maclay desires
me to state, for the information of Mr. Secretary Long, that
his proposals, as embodied in the telegram sent Hong Kong
on the 12th ultimo (Colonial office papers No.50010/1917), do
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not appear to have been understood by the Governor and his
advisers.
There has been no suggestion that the control of the
Hong Kong shipping trade should be centred in India, and Sir
Joseph Maclay will be glad if Mr. Long will be good enough
to make this clear in a telegram to the Hong Kong Government,
at the same time pointing out that Colonel Thomson in India
will in no sense be acting as a servant of the Indian Govern-
ment but as the Agent of the Shipping Controller in London.
Similarly, in relation both to the Straits Settlements and
Hong Kong, Colonel Thomson will be acting as the Shipping
Controller's Agent and in no other capacity.
The proposal that there should be a separate
representative for the Far East does not commend itself to Under Secretary of State,
COLONIAL OFFICE,
S.W.1.
Sir
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