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Yours sincerely
Sgh. C.W.Diom.
KJ.
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Hop 5820.
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THE CLEARING OFFICE (ENEMY DEBTS),
CORNWALL HOUSE,
y reply should be addressed to the
be
following Reference should be
STAMFORD STREET,
LONDON, S.E.1.
8th February,..
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2323/6.
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Dear Dixon,
I am so sorry that I have not before been able to answer
your letter of the 3rd re the questions raised by the Attorney
General, Hong Kong. Paragraph 6 of the extract of his letter
of 25th June 1920 you enclose seems to be more in the nature
of a statement than a question; and I am not sure whether it is given as a preface to paragraph 10 or whether confirmation
of his statement is required, In the latter case we agree
with what he says, 1.e. that it is essential to know the
residence of a debtor on the material date. I enclose a copy
of a standard letter on the subject we sometimes sent to
claimants.
2. With regard to para. 10, the German law of partnership
differs from the English, as partners in a German firm apparently are not only jointly but jointly and separately liable, and it is therefore probable that if it can be proved that one
partner of a German firm is a German national, resident in German territory at the crucial date, that a creditor would
be entitled to recover from him the whole debt due from the
firm he represents.
3.
A claim bearing any address can always be accepted
and more often than not in the case of a change of address the addressee can be traced, especially in a country like Germany, the German police have often helped to find people under such circumstances, but it is quite useless sending claims to the German Clearing Office in cases where the address of the debtor is unknown. It can hardly be expected that knowing nothing but his name, the German Clearing Office could
a cometry like attempt to discover the whereabouts of anyone in 0 Germany.
Yours sincerely,
;