CO129-622-6 Claims of War Supplies to Eastern Group Supply Council 21-1-1949 - 23-12-1949 — Page 75

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Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. S.

Minister of State

54460/49.

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See fair

aft

Secretary of State

Mr Walloxer

For

Dynalme

DRAFT. LETTER.

D.J.ATHERTON, ESQ.

(Treasury

the fram

2

India

[Copy of No. 4 J

[copy of evel. B

8]

to No. 8

FURTHER ACTION.

Copy to R.S.Boughey

40 1948

Para. 3

Saying)

MR.S. Brow & C.R.O⋅ ) (Foreign Office)

LEDWIDGE

Your Reference..

IF 4/09.

Dear Atherton,

(understand that fremer,

10 Brown

1. I spoke to you about your letter of the

8th March regarding stores ordered by the

Eastern Group Supply Council from the Hong Kong

and delivered aira, usa visma

War Supplies Board/at I enclose a copy of a telegram which was sent to Hong Kong after Calme.

had spoken to you. You will see that we have

suggested that Hong Kong should write to India

>

again as regards a settlement, but that if this should prove

will proved unsuccessful we shall ask the C.R.0.if

wice

they can help us by approaching the Government

of India on the matter.

2. The Ministry of Supply has already paid

£150,000 to the Crown Agents for credit to

the Hong Kong Government, on account of supplies

referred to at 1A of the Statement enclosed i

عنى

Boughey's letter to MOEwing of the 14th of December

Lowever a similar Hong Kong Srunn 1948. There is another claim,which is not referred

to in Boughey's letter for stores supplied to the

Government of Burma. I enclose a copy of the

relevant statement which we received from Hong Kong.

((£6,575)

The amount involved is not large, but nevertheless

it is very desirable

that whatever may be

the ultimate decision as regards the cost of

stores in process of manufacture, there

unnecessary

should be no author delay in settlement for

sebord Shipped fem MyKing y/shipped from Hong Kong.

stores which were actually

The/

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