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the Customs, even if they had been well-intentioned,
were not in a position to stand up to the local German
authorities.
It seemed to me that it was for our interest to
obviate the risk of munitions reaching an enemy
fortress through the wanton employment by the British
shippers of an enemy agent in this extra-territorial
country.
Even if the Proclamation does not apply to the
consignment of munitions to an enemy firm in a neutral
country, I submit that the spirit of the Proclamation
does apply to the present case where the consignees
were in an extra-territorial country, at a port
adjacent to an enemy fortress which was being prepared
to withstand the troops of the King and his Allies.
I have, Ac.,
བྱེད པ : པ་ན
(Signed)
E. H. Fraser,
Consul General.
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