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Any further communication should be addressed to--
THE SECRETARY,
Aud the following letter and number should be quoted:-
C.R.V. C. 521.
Telegraphic Address: Munorgize, London.
lephone Number: Victoria, 8,700.
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MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS OF WAR,
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Res 30 MAY 18 to your letter16067/1918 of the 12th April, losing Copy
of two dispatches from the Governor of Hong Yong concerning
the supply of Chinese wolfram. With reference to the
Governor's statement to the effct that the existing re-
strictions on shipments of wolfrun om Hong Kong tend to
divert shipments to other ports, where no restrictions exist,
I am to state, for the information of the Secretary of State
for the Colonies, that it is hoped that arrangements may
ultimately be rude wit the United States Government concerni
the regulation of inperts of wolfram into the United States, which will do away with any advantages which at present other
ports Lag enjoy over Hong Kong. If the United States import
-regulations were made effective, the question of Japansse
competition would cease to be of importance as the cre is
not required in Japan, and, 90 far as Mr. Churchill is aware
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