The are ho ever unable to ad: it Item 3, which, as it stands, includes an unspecified amount for the manufacture of missing parts necessary for the fabrication of the 600 40-ton wagons, materials for
It would which were requisitioned from the Chinese. appear from two telegranɛ INS/76308 and TNS/76307 of 26th June 1941 from Commander in Chief Middle East to General Officer Commanding Hong Kong and Commander in Chief India respectively, copies of which I attach, that instructions were given for the manufature of some deficient material in Hong Kong, but that buffers and drawhooks wore to be made in India, where fabrication
The only of the wagons was also to be carried out. evidence so far traced here that deficient material was actually supplied by Hong Kong is the enclosure to a letter dated 16th October 1941 from the ar supplies Board, Hong Kong, to the Director-General of Transportation at Cairo, a copy of which I attach.
In these circumstances the War Office are prepared to recommend an interim settlement of Item 3 at a figure of £28,650, that being the sum considered due for sorting, marking, preparing and delivering to the ship 9,550 tons of requisitioned Chinese wagon material at £3 per ton, A final settlement of this Item will depend on what, if any, farther evidence can be produced as to the value and description of the deficient material supplied by Hong Kong.
4. The position with regard to the Chinese Government claims, particulars of which were given in Ap endices B,
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