CO129-622-4 War damage compensation- requisitioned railway stores and materials 28-1-1949 - 16-2-1950 — Page 68

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£12,500 which represents approxi ately the

total of freight charges plus 2% commission

on the admitted Chinese and British Section

claims as revalued by the War office.

3. So far as the British Section's claim

is concerned, no difficulties arise over

Items 1 and 2 which are agreed at the figures

claimed and the War office have added two

further items which were not included.

They are however unable to admit 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 which were requisitioned from

the Chinese. It would appear from two telegrams

TNS/76308 and TNS/76307 of 26th June 1941

Excl 2=3 (copies of telegrams enal. at (1))

from C.in.c. Middle East to G.O.C. Hong Kong and

C. in. C. India respectively, copies of which I

attach, that instructions were given for the

manufacture of deficient material in Hong Kong

but that buffers and drawhooks were made in

India where fabrication of the wagons was also

carried out. As you will see from the enclosure

to a letter dated 16th October 1941 addressed by

the ar Supplies Board to the Director General of

Transportation at Cairo, a copy of which I attach,

it does not appear that in fact any significant

quantity of missing parts were manufactured in

or supplied from Hong Kong.

In these circumstances and in the absence

of other evidence, in support of Item 3 of the

British Section's claim, the War Office recommend

Evel

(copy of letter evel at (1))

settlement