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proposed to indicate then note

o affed

cire? (Note issue file -72703/31

below) but the Chartered Bank of India Australia e China have recently buthe crised itens Manager

at H.KL. to increase his note issue

"to meet fresent exigencies in HK."

know

(40 on 62824/24). We do not kuas

what these exigencies are

1

Gathered from Mrs. Lucas, Treas?,

that Treas? are equally in the dark.

In any case, the request

to be allowed to store selver

the Tower

no doubt anses

in

from the fact that the vaults

in

N.K.

are

bulging with

silver dolars (see (02922/29)

? As in d.l.

(2) I think the suggestion is

a good one, even though it comes from

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