CO129-510-7 Allegations of discrimination against United States companies in Hong Kong 22-3-1928 - 8-1-1929 — Page 43

Any further communication should be addressed to:-

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, at the address given opposite.

The following letter and number should be quoted:-

C.R.T. 1308/20.

Telegraphic Address:

COLASTA, PARL, LONDON.

SCHEME

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COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND TREATIES

DEPARTMENT,

BOARD OF TRADE,

GREAT GEORGE STREET,

DISABLED

COPY.

LONDON, S.W.1.

Telephone No.: 3840 Victoria.

8th November, 1928.

Cahy to F.O

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sir,

With reference to your letter of the 3rd October

(No.52835/28) on the subject of the alleged discrimina-

tion against United States interests in Hong-Kong, I am

directed by the Board of Trade to state that there is,

in their view, no analogy between the voluntary purchase

by a Government of all the omnibuses for its service in

the United aingdon, and the forced purchase by a private

organisation of its omnibuses in the United Kingdom

because the Government refuses to license any foreign

made vehicles.

The case appears to the Board to involve a similar

issue to that which arose in the Malay States where the

Government sought to place dredging restrictions on the

use of foreign dredging machinery. Mr. A ery will

recollect the correspondence on this subject under your

reference 29007/27 and will be aware that in the Board's

view a refusal on the part of a Goverment to allow

The Under-Secretary of state,

Colonial Office,

S.A.1.