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I am afraid we will never see eye to eye with regard to the paying off of overdrafts here. more I see of it the less sympathy I have with those who took such a course. Your argument that such payments involved the payer in some cost or loss of value is not, in my opinion, really valid since the payments were undoubtedly made in what might be termed a form of insurance premium. If the Japs had won they would all have been on the pig's back and they insured themmelves against auch a contingency. The Japs did not win and they have lost their preudum but they had cover in the meantime. I think you will agree that this often happens in the case of insurance policies.
The point I would really like to stress is that by giving such payments a value, injustice will be done to those who behaved in the proper mater and in my
The opinion will cause considerable resentment. very lenient attitude, with which I may say I agree, shown towards collaborators has been a matter and still is of very adverse comment from many Chinese sources. However, I do hope that some real action will be taken in the whole matter in the near future as it is quite impossible to get things straightened out until a decision is arrived at.
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