CO129-592-9 Future Policy in Hong Kong- Port Administration 13-1-1945 - 4-3-1946 — Page 112

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REGULAR SERVICE TO THE FAR EAST

FROM ANTWERP, MIDDLESBROUGH & LONDON.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS.

"MACGREGOR, FEN, LONDON.

TELEPHONE,

ROYAL 3857 (3 LINES).

My dear Gent,

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inst.

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CEW/ER.

Thank you for your letter

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20, BILLITER STREET,

LONDON, E.C.3.

17th September,

54145/1

45145/1/45, dated 15th

I think it possible that Alfred Holt & Co., would prefer to have a direct representative on your Committee, or if that were not possible, they might prefer that someone in Messrs. John Swire & Sons., represented them.

Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, the Eastern Qffice of Messrs. John Swire & Sons., are Messrs. Alfred Holt & Co's. General Agents in China and have a more intimate knowledge of Hong Kong and its problems than I myself have.

I trust that if my ideas are correct there will be no objection to someone being substituted for me on your Committee.

1945.

G. E. J. Gent, Esq.,

Yours sincerely,

0.B.E., D.S.O., M.C.,

Colonial Office,

Downing Street,

LONDON, S.W.1..

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