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number of these products (of which a list is given in your report of December 18th) are contraband, as for example, ground nuts, canes, animal and vegetable oils and fats, and foodstuffs, and the Board cannot but recognise the possibility that the increase in the number of enquiries respecting these articles may be due to the efforts of traders in neutral countries to obtain supplies for the

enemy.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

(Signed) H. FOUR....

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