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Registry

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No;

80: F83341/147/10

A. L. S.

15/10

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FOREIGN OFFICE, S. W. 1.

Draft.

H. M. Ambassador, Chungking.

Telegram.

No. 1325

Oct16.

Date.

Code

Departmental No. 1.

Despatched

M.

October

1945.

would

Ministry of Food will be grateful if enquiries

could be made about any surpluses of oil seeds

and fats available in China. These are wanted

for Borneo and Hong Kong, and particular commodi-

ties required are as follows:-

(a) For Borneo,

280 tons ground nuts

100 tons lard

300 tons bean oil.

Repeat to:-

Shanghai

Copy to:-

Miss Lapthorn

"(draft)

Mr. McEwen, EABS, Lansdowne House.

Colonel Morgan CA7 War Office.

Major Atkinson, ST6B War Office

(b) For Hong Kong,

3425 tons ground nuts

1007 tons oil seed fats.

2. Ministry of Food are most anxious that some

quantities of the above should be made available

at the earliest possible date.

Please, there-

fore, do what you can as far as present dif-

ficulties permit.

16/10-

3.

Please

перели

15 Shanghai

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