CO129-622-4 War damage compensation- requisitioned railway stores and materials 28-1-1949 - 16-2-1950 — Page 74

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£12,500 which represents approximately the

total of freight charges plus 2% commission

Krhorn-Contin Railway

on the admitted chinese and (British section) and Chinese claims as revalued by the War Office, plus the claim for freight.

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, in the

claim and are shown m

the Lenched statement in Addl. Ilms

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

from C.in.C. Middle East to G.0.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,

(to love but that buffers and drawhooks were I made in

End 2+3

44 and 5

(copies of telegrams enclosed at

India where fabrication of the wagons was also to be

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carried out. As you will see from the enclosure

سمنة

to a letter dated 16th October 1941 addressed by

sting King,

the War 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

er supplied from Hong Kong.

In these circumstances and in the abseneg

of other evidence in support of Item 3 of the

Lare prefered 5 British Section'e elaim, the War office/recommend

So for traced

The only evidence, deficient motivat by thrung Komp is

evolines there

Enel 4

(copy of letter evt. at (1))

ettlement

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