CO129-541-12 Application by Soviet Oil Company Union Petroleum Trust for permission to erect an oil tank... 14-11-1932 - 28-3-1933 — Page 20

In any further communication on

this subject, please quote

No. F 2000/84/10

and address,

E 29.JAN1933

not to any person by name,

but to-

"The Under-Secretary of State,” Foreign Office,

London, S. W. 1.

Immediate.

(60)

Sir,

65

20

FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W.1.

28th March, 1933.

I am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to

acknowledge the receipt of your letter No.92719/32 of

the 25th March, regarding the application made by the

Soviet Oil Company Union Petroleum Trust for a sublease

of a portion of a holding of Government land in Hongkong

on which to erect an oil tank installation.

2. Sir John Simon concurs in the proposal of the

Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the

changed circumstances in regard to relations with the

Soviet Union, to instruct the Governor of Hongkong to

suspend the granting of all facilities, direct or

indirect, for the erection in the Colony of an oil

installation for the storage and marketing of Soviet oil

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Cr. Orde

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial office.

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