Telegrams-" SHIPMINDER, PARL, LONDON.” Telephone-WHITEHALL 5140.
Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to :-
The Assistant Secretary,
Mercantile Marine Department (address as opposite)
and the following number quoted:
M.9955/39.
10
MERCANTILE MARINE DEPARTMENT,
BOARD OF TRADE,
GREAT GEORGE STREET,
28
LONDON, S.W.1.
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Sir,
RECEIVED
19th July, 1939.
20 JUL 1939
C.O
With reference to your letter (No. 54000/39) of the
7th June, 1939, regarding a proposal by the Governor of
Hong Kong to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899,
I am directed by the Board of Trade to state that, in view
of Sir A. Clark Kerr's observations in Shanghai telegram
No. 608 of 28th June, 1939, a copy of which was forwarded
to this Department, they consider that the proposed
amendment should not be proceeded with.
A copy of this letter has been sent to the Foreign
Office.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
S.W.1.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
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