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Mr.

Redford 25/8

Sio S. Abrahams 2,75. Mr. Wallace 2018

Mr. Gels with 27/8

Mr. Perkin 30/8/

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. S.

Minister of State

C

DRAFT. So. lette

AE. Lambert, Esq.,

Foreign office.

Secretary of State

Your Reference......

Dear hamstert-

N7817/1485/38

Andd. (16)

Thank

letter

you for

your

t

Scarlett

the

(9)

(11)

(11)

3rd August about the Soviet steamships "Simferopol" and

"Svisstroi"

་་

lying derelict

in Hong Kong. You will already

have

seem

the

Governor of

gram

No 763

but I attack

Hong Kong? tele this subject further copy fo

I also

reference

extract of 5.27 of information

27 51

Msh. Order 1899

attached

the H.K. Govt. have

FURTHER ACTION.

Copy to D. Haigh.

South

Ministry of Transport

with copies of

enclosures

the

Lase

of

attack for

your

a

copy of

Sectio

Hong Kong Merchant-

Shipping Ordnance $1899 to which

the Governor refers.

It does not

Merchant Shipping Ordinance

seem to w

that I under

this section of the

derright;

of these vessels

clear tight

by any meant to dispose

without Soviet

agreement, simply in order

に

to de umburse themselves for

expenses incurred in maintaining

watch

men

board. We feel

therefore that we should the

best

Coudre

might

be

in the circumstance

tat which the

Hong Kong Government would

themselves

we

should

prefer, i.e. that first put their