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MINUTES NOT TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE.

In any further communication on this subject, please quote

No. N 7338/1128/57.

and address

not to any person by name,

but to--

The Under-Secretary of State,"

Foreign Office,

London, 8.W.1.

Ver Urgent.

Sir:-

32493

FOREIGN CFFICE.

S.W.1.

Jgne 29th,1921.

you.

With reference to your letter No.31158/21 of the

23rd instant, regarding certain railway material lying at

Hong Kong, I am directed by Earl Curzon of Kedleston to

state, for the information of the Secretary of State for the

Colonies that His Lordship has no objection to the disposal

of the material, provided that:-

(1) The United States Consul-General at Hong Kong is acting

under instructions from his Government.

(2) The storage charges are paid to His Majesty's Government.

(3) His Majesty's Government receive an assurance that the

material is not destined for any White Russian organisation

for use either against the Soviet Government or the Govern-

ment of the Far Eastern Republic.

I am,

sir,

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Iskequy