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Registry F3446/176/10

Number

TELEGRAM FROM

Sir A Clark Kerr

No. 483

Shanghai)

Dated 20th June, 1940 Received 21st June,

n Registry

China

1940

Last Paper.

CHINA

1.

Sale of nickel to Misui Bussan Kaisha

6

Text of telegram No.189 of the 20th June addressed to Hongkong intimating that Misui Bussan Kaisha are again enquiring for 100 tons of nickel for new coins previously produced in Shanghai for Hua Hsing Bank. Imperial Chemical Industries state that this quantity would produce over 270 million 5 cent coins 3 grams Composed of 75 copper and 25 nickel. They added that Mitsui Bussan Kaisha informed them last year that 20 hinting presses had been ordered from Japan.

Enquires if he is right in assuming that Governor would like him to discourage this business.

(Repeated Chungking No.494, Tokyo No.164).

/Minutes.)

A Hongkong tel N° 78 fure 22,

P 33844 (F2865) B. Shanghai's deep. no 445: June 21.

•

c. Shanghai tel: no: 14 Saving of 16 July

References.

(Print.)

(How disposed of.)

8) rm. Stoll Bakeh

copy sent to Treasury (her Hall Patch) In our

present cries, the criterion it seems to me hould be, do we repine the nickel,

our own war

June 22

•purposes? of 20,

m

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B. 8/ Treasury

Ou

we have a

The

for

Az fel 4838) Mets June 24 good answer if the Japse complain; if not,

I don't think we should discourage t Kansaction the Hua Hing Bank. But for the meantime

(Action

completed.)

08 2016

(Index.)

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73460.

meres

because we do not like

we can leave the treasing to handle the

matter I think.

Su J. Buhan

Lappee Th

General Dept. VCB.

B&C see minutes

on papers

28/100 لجنة

20815 ¥.0.P.

24/6.

Au Scott 22/6

Brit.y.

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