75
an interim
Артовинется,
tem 3
that
settlement/at a figure of only £28,650, that
~ (considerent
being the sum/due for sorting, marking,
preparing and delivering to the ship, the
9,550 tons of requisitioned Chinese wagon
A find settlement of material at £3 per ton. The War Office
Item will defend in
what, if any, further
yany, evidence can be prodand
of the value and
description of the deficiunt material supplied ц
Hmmp Hong Kong
particulars of which were given in Appendices B, Cand) to his Mark Young's despetada no. so 7 10% April, 1947,
Encl 5
file)
(copy of evel to (47) an 19488
(5)
1947
would be prepared to reconsider this
settlement if evidence were produced as to
the value and deseription of missing
materials which it is claimed were
manufactured in Hong Kong.
Government
4. The position with regard to the Chinese
Mr.
claimi claim is that Dr. Hau of the Jardine
Engineering Corporation Limited, who are acting
.
(in this matter
as agents for the Chinese Government, was present
at a meeting at the War Office on 12th August 1948. He was then informed that the claim
for £323,689: 10s., supported by Vouchers
003,004,006,007, and 008, was admitted in
principle, but only at a revised valuation of
£185,847. A detailed statement giving
reasons for this devaluation of the Chinese
claim is attached. As indicated in the
footnote to that statement the War Office were
a further
unable to trace Voucher 005 for £29,769 to which
the Jardine Engineering Corporation have
referred. It would appear from the letter
Corporation
from the Company dated 28th May, 1946, which
appears as Appendix C to Sir Mark Young's
despatch of 10th April, 1947, that Voucher 005
was in fact lodged with the Accountant
General, Hong Kong, at the same time as the
others and I should be grateful for
information which might enable this voucher
to be traced.
Dr.
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