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Parly. U.S. S.
Minister of State
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DRAFT. So. lette
AE. Lambert, Esq.,
Foreign office.
Secretary of State
Your Reference......
Dear hamstert-
N7817/1485/38
Andd. (16)
Thank
letter
you for
your
t
Scarlett
the
(9)
(11)
(11)
3rd August about the Soviet steamships "Simferopol" and
"Svisstroi"
་་
lying derelict
in Hong Kong. You will already
have
seem
the
Governor of
gram
No 763
but I attack
Hong Kong? tele this subject further copy fo
I also
reference
extract of 5.27 of information
27 51
Msh. Order 1899
attached
the H.K. Govt. have
FURTHER ACTION.
Copy to D. Haigh.
South
Ministry of Transport
with copies of
enclosures
the
Lase
of
attack for
your
a
copy of
Sectio
Hong Kong Merchant-
Shipping Ordnance $1899 to which
the Governor refers.
It does not
Merchant Shipping Ordinance
seem to w
that I under
this section of the
derright;
of these vessels
clear tight
by any meant to dispose
without Soviet
agreement, simply in order
に
to de umburse themselves for
expenses incurred in maintaining
watch
men
board. We feel
therefore that we should the
best
Coudre
might
be
in the circumstance
tat which the
Hong Kong Government would
themselves
we
should
prefer, i.e. that first put their