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UNCLASSIFIED.

From:

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MESSAGE.

C. in C. H.K.

To:

IMPORTANT

Admiralty

F/L

IN

9472

1945

66

Y

0105162/Nov.

Date:

1.11.45.

Recd: 2217.

No.284 from Civil Affairs Hong Kong.

for Secretary of State Colonies.

1.

Following

Reference your 022303A. Our requirements for vessels including lighters page 54 Brett Report are covered in signal No.285. Requirements page 13 are

Item 1.7 Lengths 15 fathoms 3 inch stud link cable with connecting shackles and pins 6 inches diameter 3 feet 6 inches long.

Item 27. Lengths 15 fathoms

2 inch stud link cable with lock and pin shackles.

Three.

One sixty ton one hundred ton.

Item 3.

Item 6.

Item 8.

Two.

Item 9.

one.

Item 10.

One.

Item 13.

100 at 30lbs per yard.

Item 14. 201 each right hand and left hand points only.

Item 15. 5th

Item 18. 300

Item 19.

65.

Item 20. As available.

Item 21.

TWO.

2.

Items 1 to 6 are government requirements where as items 1 to 21 are for H.K. and Kowloon Godown Co. (who is this is necessary) are prepared to accept financial responsibility provided that Matheson and Co. London approve all specifications and prices are reasonable.

0105162.

Xoples sent by Admiralty w

As received.

M.(16) and for Colonial office.

West Office

WAT

Air Ministry The Standle Co Demmett

Foreign Office

A

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