CO129-605-5 Government loans 4-2-1948 - 8-1-1949 — Page 75

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Wt. 23364/665. 8/47. 50,000. S. & S. Ltd.

54126/4/48

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Mr..

27/2. Mr.Kelvin Stark 27

Mr. Palmer

Mr Mayle

Mr.

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DRAFT.CODE TELEGRAM

GOVERNOR,

IMMEDIATE

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. S.

Secretary of State.

Your Reference.........

NO.

You tol

Weed

drift

76:

Confidential

February, 1948.

Your despatch No. 1. Confidential

HONG KONG.

1. J

understand

of

Dove

first- $50,000,000

has now been made.

773 -1-147.

óf 6th January 1948.

Sunce & approved issue

7 Coan

the general terms

wer

affroved

of the proposed Ontware lastingent the

Rehabilitation Loan Ordinance.

however

ete Ordinance includes

provision, under Clause 7 (7) for

transfer by delivery, thus covering

presumably any

both ordinary and premium bonds if coaned subseqmently under a cubrequent Ordinance. Bonds would therefore be in bearer

form and provide possibility of Exchange Control leakage.

You will appreciate that balance of payments and exchange position of sterling area has deteriorated

esperally in recent months and possibility of

exchange control leakage is an

increasingly serious concern.

accordingly

It is most desirable that all bonds

issued in Colonial territories should

be registered and not (repeat not).

in bearer form.

25

Loan Ordinance to

1 Amendments to

FURTHER ACTION.

Copy 15

A. H. Hicks. (-6.agens)

emaver the

actor for

he as follows:-

to be made

registrave wome

Fection

Gimane 7 (4) Omit all words after

"the day named in that behalf

on the bond".

Section (7)

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