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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S.
Minister of State
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Secretary of State
Mr Walloxer
For
Dynalme
DRAFT. LETTER.
D.J.ATHERTON, ESQ.
(Treasury
the fram
2
India
[Copy of No. 4 J
[copy of evel. B
8]
to No. 8
FURTHER ACTION.
Copy to R.S.Boughey
40 1948
Para. 3
Saying)
MR.S. Brow & C.R.O⋅ ) (Foreign Office)
LEDWIDGE
Your Reference..
기
IF 4/09.
Dear Atherton,
(understand that fremer,
10 Brown
1. I spoke to you about your letter of the
8th March regarding stores ordered by the
Eastern Group Supply Council from the Hong Kong
and delivered aira, usa visma
War Supplies Board/at I enclose a copy of a telegram which was sent to Hong Kong after Calme.
had spoken to you. You will see that we have
suggested that Hong Kong should write to India
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again as regards a settlement, but that if this should prove
will proved unsuccessful we shall ask the C.R.0.if
wice
they can help us by approaching the Government
of India on the matter.
2. The Ministry of Supply has already paid
£150,000 to the Crown Agents for credit to
the Hong Kong Government, on account of supplies
referred to at 1A of the Statement enclosed i
عنى
Boughey's letter to MOEwing of the 14th of December
Lowever a similar Hong Kong Srunn 1948. There is another claim,which is not referred
to in Boughey's letter for stores supplied to the
Government of Burma. I enclose a copy of the
relevant statement which we received from Hong Kong.
((£6,575)
The amount involved is not large, but nevertheless
it is very desirable
that whatever may be
the ultimate decision as regards the cost of
stores in process of manufacture, there
unnecessary
should be no author delay in settlement for
sebord Shipped fem MyKing y/shipped from Hong Kong.
stores which were actually
The/