me up to date, and if you would let me know what reply should be returned to the present Soviet Note.
There is, of course, a separate problem about these ships, namely whether the Hong Kong authorities can sell them in order to recoup the money spent on their maintenance. I have been corresponding with Radford, of the Colonial Office, about this; and I am copying this letter (with enclosure) to him in case the two problems should become intertwined.
Yours sincerely
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(A. E. Davidson)
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