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Head Office, 460 West 54th St., New York City.
Singapore Office,
12, Trafalgar Street,
Singapore, S.S.
14th March 1938.
Sir,
I beg to enclose herewith an affidavit
and itemised list of losses sustained by me
during the sinking of the U.S.S. "Panay" in
the Yangtse river on December 12 1937.
I respectfully ask that you would have
transmitted to the proper Japanese authorities
concerned, a demand for the reimbursement to
me of the value of these losses.
I am, etc.,
(Sd) Eric Mayell.
The Honourable Colonial Secretary,
SINGAPORE, S.S.
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