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Inclosure in Batavia despatch No 51 Confidential of March 9th., 1939.

From the Governor of «ortuguese Timor to Consul-General Fitzmaurice.

NO. 16

CONFIDENTIALI

February 15th., 1939.

Dear Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

your letter of August 10th, 1938, in the beginning of

September, 1938.

Just for the same time I had a bad accident on

climbing to the highest point of the Colony, 10,000 feet.

le mot a big storm with the result to me of a serious

illness acute dilatation of the heart.

Confined to bed

during near three months, my health has improved slowly and

I had to postpone the answer to meny lettera.

I must apologise for not answering your letter

in time, but I nope you will agree that I was forced to do

it.

In reference to the subject of your letter I can

inform you that the visit of är. Nonomura has confirmed

your opinion that his main objet is to extend the influence

of the Nanyo Kohatsu Kaisha.

He is not a gentleman nora diplomat.

I

received nim according his social position and I invited

him to an official dinner party. But in course of the

official conversations he has demonstrated not to be

capable for his job. He has insisted in the simple

approval of the contract with Sociedade Agricola in such a

way that I was forced to contradict and declare that the

conversations/

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