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WAR TRADE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT,
1 LAKE BUILDINGS,
Any further communication should be
addressed tn-
C. O
THE CHAIRMAN.
quoting referenceJBL/76809.
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ST. JAMES' PARK
46
PEG 25 FEB 18
(near Storey's Gate),
WESTMINSTER, S.W.
23rd Februery, 1918.
2. 7771.
The Chairman of the War Trade Intelligence Department presents his compliments to the Under
Secretary of state for the Colonies and with reference
to his communication dated the 25th Jamary, 1918, JBL/75083 regarding hemp destined for Karl Pfister of Wohlen, begs to say that a despatch recently received from H. Ambassador at Rome, No.67 Commercial of 12th February, 1918, F.0.30196/X/1145, states that according to a report by the British Intelligence Office at milan, the Italian Censorship Authorities in Milan seize all correspondence from or to Pfister and do not allow it to proceed. This measure was taken owing to the fact of Pfister's being Pottsack's (sic, Pottstock's) representative and also because it appeared from the Swiss Press that Cerl Pfister of Wohlen had been trice fined for dealing with the Central Empires (50,000 francs the first time and 20,000 (?) the second He appeared to be solely an exporter of strew plait for hats and manilla but was actually exporting other goods, even under covering names.
Эта
The Under Secretary of state for the Colonies,
Colonial Office,
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