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DRAFT
LETTER
To:-
W J Madigan Esq
Marine Divisi on
Department of Trade and
Industry
Sunley House
90/93 High Holborn
In Confidence WC1
Type 1 +
From
J A Clewley
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
Hong Kong
1.
Thank you for your most helpful letter No
MC 49/1/0242 of 11 June 1971
2 •
From the enclosure to my minute of 21 June, you
will be aware of Mr Pao's reply to Mr Milburn's letter
of 5 May. As early discussion with Mr Royle was
necessary, John Hall of Branch 4 DTI was kind enough to
discuss this reply with me over the telephone on the
understanding that without reference to other marine
experts within your Department, our conversation
could be no more than an indication of what a more
carefully considered answer might be.
3. It seemed to Hall and me, however, that Mr Pao's
letter could be reduced to five main questions (A to E
on the attached photocopy) and I should like first to
summarise our discussion about these and then to deal
with less relevant points raised elsewhere in the letter.
A (i) "No ship owner could be expected to man
4.
on a port to port or short term exemption
basis."
There is no reason to suppose that the Director of
Marine, Hong Kong, would insist on a "port to port"
exemption and there is nothing to prevent him limiting
an exemption to a chosen period of time.
period would not normally exceed 6 months:
In Britain the
in Hong Kong
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