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not the production but the shipment of coal

which is important; he maintains that Mr.

Nathan and his ex-naval colleague can be relied

upon to restrict the flow of coal to the greatest

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possible degree; and secondly the presence

of British executives secures decent treatment

from the Japanese for the Chinese staff.

Mr. Young's suggestion that we should

model our conduct on that of the Chinese is

clearly not impressive, and you will see from our

reply that we have not in any way tempered the

wind to the K.M.A. as a result of his represen-

tations.

There remains the point about putting in a

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malier While we appreciate/this as a paint

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controller.

which must be decided by you, we feel that

business firms which are capable of writing the

kind of letter sent by the K.M.A. in time of war

are not to be trusted to subordinate their private

we hope inverifie Conséquently,

interests to the national effort.

mich you may decide upon

69 WA APA coffeerned, we should weleeme the

appointment of a controller.if

aseerdance with your views.

poin

I am afraid that there is no chance of our

being able ourselves to follow up the matter on

political issues any further,

nor that we

shall be able to make representations at Chungking

to get the Chinese to discourage their people !

from working at the mines of the affiliated

Chinese company.

yours sincerely.

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