CO129-510-7 Allegations of discrimination against United States companies in Hong Kong 22-3-1928 - 8-1-1929 — Page 66

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glad to receive any general observa-

tions that the Board may have to offer

a fire sughi + al-

on the matter, on the information before

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him, the two cases referred to appear to the Syst

be on a different footing. The refusal

of licences to foreign motor omnibuses

coupled with a threat of more frequent

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inspection in the case of vehicles plying

for hire which are not of British manufacture,

appears to be a discrimination difficult

to justify.

Transactions in connection

with the trade loan, however, stand on a

different basis, since the Government borrowed

at its own risk a large sum of money to

finance firms whose business was imperilled

and, From

by the anti-British boycott,

From the

international point of view, the Colonial

have

Government would appear to be entitled to

lay down any discriminatory conditions it-

thought fit.

I am, etc.

(Signed) G. GRINOLE

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