In any further communication
op this subject, please quote
No.
and address,
batu-
85359/C/140.
not to any person by name,
"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
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FOREIGN OFFICE
C.O
S.W.1.
35551
June
14
1919.
1
London, R.W.1.
REC
REE 16 UN 19
Sir:-
With reference to your letter 33212/1919 of the
6th instant, I am directed by Earl Curzon of Kedleston
to point out that Lord Milner has never requested him
to obtain the prohibition of the importation into the
Netherland East Indies of Siamese rice on private account.
2. If Lord Milner desires that this should be done,
Lord Curzon is prepared to instruct His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Bangkok to communicate direct with His Majesty's
Consul General at Batavia on the subject, with a view to
requesting the Local Government to enact such a prohibition
in question.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant,
E. Kellesley
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.