In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
No N 5986/183/15.
food address,
Jut to-
not to any person by name,
"The Under-Beuretary of State,' Foreign (Bcé,
to 26458
26458
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31562
London, S.W.I.
THEC
REG 1 JUL22
FOREIGN OFFICE,
S.W.1.
June 29th, 1922.
sir,
I am directed by the Earl of Balfour to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 26458 of the
20 th instant, transmitting a copy of a letter addressed
to the Board of Trade relative to the liquidation of
enemy firms in Hong Kong.
2.
It is observed that the Secretary of State
for the Colonies is of opinion that there would be no advantage in his appointing a commission to deal with
these claims as suggested in the letter from this department of the 1st instant but that he would be
prepared to render assistance to a committee appointed by
the Board of Trade. I am to state that it was contemplated that the proposed commission should sit at Hong Kong, where the necessary information could presumably mast easily be obtained, and that it is hoped that Mr.
Secretary Churchill will feel able to adopt this suggestion which seems to afford the only solution of the difficulty which has arisen.
3.
A copy of this letter is being sent to the
Board of Trade.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Smmasou