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Is Ijesty's, Goverment oaked in the first place

that in roturn for a guarantee that they would re- quisition no oro Dutch ships the Netherlands Govern➡

mont would allow the "Tixr" to be chartered to them

for the reminder of the war and undertake that the

normal trade of the ¡utch nat Incios should be roma-

ed and canintained.

The "etherlande do vorremont have stated that they

are preporod to agree to the extœmion of the ti on cimrbor of the "Tijor" for a further poriod of siz comila outside the dan 17 zone :ator Ulin expiry of her prosent chartar, but tăit the action of Ms Anjonty'c

Governant in rominitioning; 13 Itch vounalu hitherto

engaged in the trade of the latch Ramt Indies hoe

rendered it 1:sponsible for thes to give the paguired

quaruntea în razrd to tlat trado, an tio number of

vascolo now left in jubet. Brunt Indian impore is insuf-

ficient for the Leinlenmen of the noral trudo,

The Netherlands Finlater has now ovcenter, w

may nd compronics, that it should be orand that no

ships in lutch Got Indian waters should be laid up or directed on a hœramor, voy to instead of navigarbing batreon cantorn perti,

In mkin; thoir ori,intă proposal His Tejent; fo

Government had not intended to ank rɔore lizm that vie

Netherlands Govertrient should guarantos tant none of

the chips rovalning undur lutch control in the Nether-

land: Cost Indies should lie up or bo vithdraw from

braon, but that thay should continue in that service in chich they hoc pravionly been enguja, 1.4. the trnuo batwcom the Dutch Cast Indies, Amrica, JuG

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