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F

3306

08 MAY 1940

23 may 1940.

BRITISH CONSULATE-CENERAL,

P.0.BOX 259,

2

SHANGHAI.

No.93

(and 2 copies)

Copy to Embassy, Shanghai, No.234.

April 18th 1940.

F

RW

From the Mercantile

My Lord,

With reference to Foreign Office despatch

No.77 (F 3178/6/10) of the 21st June, 1935, I

have the honour to transmit to Your Lordship,

herewith, a copy of a letter from the Mercantile

Bank of India, Ltd. Bank of India, Limited, regarding the bank notes

12/4/40

in circulation on the 31st March, 1940.

2. On that date I held a deposit receipt

in the joint names of His Britannic Majesty's

Consul-General at Shanghai and the Mercantile

Bank of India for the sum of $12,000 deposited

at call with the Central Bank of China. I

similarly held on the 31st March, 1940, a

deposit receipt for the sum of $300,000, deposited

at call with the Central Bank of China, in

the joint names of the Chartered Bank of India,

Australia and China and His Britannic Majesty's

Consul-General, Shanghai, as security for the

note issue of that Bank.

His Majesty's Principal Secretary

of State for Foreign Affairs,

Foreign Office,

LONDON.

I have the honour to be,

With the highest respect,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient,

humble servant,

attore.

Consul-General.

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