CO129-452 - Others & Individuals - 1918 — Page 200

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MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS OF WAR,

Sir Herbert J. Read,

Colonial Office,

Downing Street, S.W.1.

Dear Sir Herbert Read,

WAR OFFICE EMBANKMENT ANNEXE

LONDON, SW 1.

16th September, 1918,

I am in receipt of your letter of the 12th inst. in regard to the possibility of allowing the Hong Kong Government to purchase 400 tons of rails, now lying in Hong Kong. I am in communication with the War Office, and the American Authorities on this side, and hope to let you have a decision in a day or two.

Yours truly,

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