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a rugeris the ships in cation 9, we note that, in the absence of repisitioning action, your representative's view is that no legal claim lies against the long long "overment, but that this cannot be taken as certain until a uise has bean before the Corts. here is no proposal by the long long
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⠀vernaent to accept voluntarily any measure of lisdli'y Iir respect of those vessels, and there seans to be no reason for R.4. Goverment to make any offer to accept responsi M1a ty, though it is inconceivable that .". Goverment wild repuliate liability in similar ciromstances at home. In an event, borever, me do not feel that there is any particular naval obligation in the picter. site claims have to be considerad in detail, we would observe (1) that the şinistry of Transport is concerned at least from the point of view of
of view of ar Asks nsurance ani particularly as regards vesnala About which there is stated to be bust whether they were or were mot onvered by var risks, (11; that vessels (of #hid: there are a mmir) stated to have been sunk after cnpture by the Taps Ishbule in our view be transferra, to list U, as sining in such cire mstances is a lestruction of vessels in the ossession of the onery uni no: a derdal measure In the sense in which the term is used bure, and (111) that if there in any gabation of bringing Tong Yong Government craft into the calculations, it is Travans that there was also wholesale souttling of ackyard craft (11,ghters,
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lo comment scena to be necessary or section U (rivste leparations ¿lalas) Ach le Apparently included only to omplete the picture.
1s day well be ssirable to obtain Treasury solicitor's advice before necing ung fimi dacision, particularly if Departments are unable to see ge ta
on the questions involvad.
aa senling copies of this letter to reasury, Colonial »fice, ar ir Ministry.
Yours sincerely,
F. SEVERS
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