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Any further communication should be addressed to:-
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
at the address given opposite.
The following letter and number should be quoted:-
C.R.T. 1308/28.
Telegraphic Address:
COLASTA, PARL, LONDON.
Telephone No.: 3840 Victoria.
Sir,
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NATIONAL
52835
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND TREATIES
SCHEME
RECEIVE
9NOV 1528
DEPARTMENT,
BOARD OF TRADE,
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GREAT GEORGE_STREET,
LONDON, S.W.1.
8th November, 1928.49
With reference to your letter of the 3rd October
(No.52835/28) on the subject of the alleged discrimina-
tion against United States interests in Hong-Kong, I am
directed by the Board of Trade to state that there is,
in their view, no analogy between the voluntary purchase
by a Government of all the omnibuses for its service in
the United Kingdom, and the forced purchase by a private
organisation of its omnibuses in the United Kingdom
because the Government refuses to license any foreign
made vehicles.
The case appears to the Board to involve a similar issue to that which arose in the Malay States where the Government sought to place dredging restrictions on the use of foreign dredging machine ry. lir. Amery will recollect the correspondence on this subject under your reference 29007/27 and will be aware that in the Board's
view a refusal on the part of a Government to allow
The Under-Secretary of Stute.
Colonial Office,
S.W. 1.
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