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whom they could presumably be procured through the appropriate
British authoritaşa,
The Chargé d'Affaires is accordingly instructed
respectfully to solicit the good offices of His Britannic
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Kajesty's Government in outaining a settlement of the osse on
the lines above set out.
LOZDON, November 19th 1981.
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Hong Kong & Shanghal Banking Corporation,
9, Gracechurch street.
Prien, esq.,
Aastrupstrasse 30, 1.
Haderslev,
Slesvig.
Dear sir,
London, E.0.3.
710
15th October 1981.
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In connection with the advances which Mrs. Margarethe Prien received from our Hamburg office during the war,we make the position of your and Mrs. Prien's outstandings with the bank to be as follows:
Balanes of your Savings Bank account with our HongKong office, including interest at 3% up to 30th June 1814
Balance of your Fixed Deposit account with our Hongkong office,including interest at 4% up to 20th June 1815,
Balance of ura. Prien's Bavings Bank account with our Hongkong office,in- cluding interest at 3 up to 30th June 1914
Hkg. 685.81
₫6489.60
*
36.78
On the other hand, Mrs. Prien received advances during the war from our Hamburg Office aggregating Marks 14400, interest on same to be calculated at 5% from respective dates
of the individual advances.
If you are in a position to surrender, duly discharged the two Savings Bank books in the names of yourself and your wife respectively, we would propose to convert the balances in HongKong Currency into sterling at current rate,and out of the proceeds reimburse ourselves for the Hamburg advances in sterling at 20.50 3/4 being the clearing office rate for con-
Any balance remaining version into sterling of Mark debts.
would then, subject to the Clearing office having no objeo – tion, be at your disposal in sterling.
We