CO129-451 - Public Offices - 1918 — Page 481

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I am directed by the Minister of Blockade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, 20.L.41724 of the 7th instant, as to irregularities in the shipment of goods from the Far East to Switzerland.

  1. Sir L. Worthington was concurred in the view, expressed in the fourth paragraph of your letter under reply, that it is not necessary to detain at Port Said ships carrying goods for Switzerland to French or Italian ports. I am to explain that while His Majesty's Government are not fully satisfied as to the complete efficacy of the control exercised by the Italian Government at their Swiss frontier stations over exports of Italian produce to Switzerland, these misgivings do not apply to goods imported through the port of Genoa, where it has always been understood that the

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#*I am directed by the Minister of Blockade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, 20.L.41724 of the 7th instant, as to irregularities in the shipment of goods from the Far East to Switzerland.Sir L. Worthington was concurred in the view, expressed in the fourth paragraph of your letter under reply, that it is not necessary to detain at Port Said ships carrying goods for Switzerland to French or Italian ports. I am to explain that while His Majesty's Government are not fully satisfied as to the complete efficacy of the control exercised by the Italian Government at their Swiss frontier stations over exports of Italian produce to Switzerland, these misgivings do not apply to goods imported through the port of Genoa, where it has always been understood that the##ast153080/X/1143c. o.47744743RECPage metadata or other information might be represented in the table above, but the exact formatting is unclear from the given OCR output.Admiralty.CustomeIt appears the OCR has jumbled some parts of the document. The main body of the text has been reconstructed into coherent paragraphs. The table or metadata section remains somewhat unclear due to the quality of the OCR output.
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ast153080/X/1143c. o.47744743RECRes 13 SEP 184mber 12th, 1918.Lir:-#*I directed by the minister of Blockade to `ack-owledge the receipt of your letter, 20.L.41724 of the 7th instant, as to irregularities in the shipment of goods from the Far East to Lwitzerland.2. Dir L. Korthington was concurs in the view, expressed in the fourth paragraph of your letter under redly, that It is not necessary to detain at fort, Laid ships carrying goods forwitzerland to French or It dian ports. I'm tớ oxplain that whil- Hik Kajesty'■ Covernment are not fully satisfied as to the complete efficacy of the control "iercised by the Italian Government at their ~xiss frontier stitions over exports of Italim produce to swițderland, these misgivings do not apply to goods imported through the port of Genoa, where it has always been understood that the 1:ItaryAdmiralty.Custome
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I directed by the minister of Blockade to `ack-owledge the receipt of your letter, 20.L.41724 of the 7th instant, as to irregularities in the shipment of goods from the Far East to Lwitzerland.

2. Dir L. Korthington was concurs in the view, expressed in the fourth paragraph of your letter under redly, that It is not necessary to detain at fort, Laid ships carrying goods for

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