In any further communication on
this subject, please quote
No. F 2000/84/10
and address,
E 29.JAN1933
not to any person by name,
but to-
"The Under-Secretary of State,” Foreign Office,
London, S. W. 1.
Immediate.
(60)
Sir,
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
28th March, 1933.
I am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter No.92719/32 of
the 25th March, regarding the application made by the
Soviet Oil Company Union Petroleum Trust for a sublease
of a portion of a holding of Government land in Hongkong
on which to erect an oil tank installation.
2. Sir John Simon concurs in the proposal of the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the
changed circumstances in regard to relations with the
Soviet Union, to instruct the Governor of Hongkong to
suspend the granting of all facilities, direct or
indirect, for the erection in the Colony of an oil
installation for the storage and marketing of Soviet oil
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Cr. Orde
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial office.
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