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            <text># DECOME 

From: Shanghai
To: Vichy
Dated: June 27, 1943
Rec'd: July 5, 1943
$735-736$
Votre tel. 340.
Le montant exact des avoirs municipaux bloqués en devises étrangères est de livres 14.770 .000 .16 shillings 1 pence et de U.S. dollars 153.395 et 19 cents.

Ces sommes sont inscrites a des comptes municipaux dans diverses banques de Shanghai principalement américaines. Le placement des cheques sur ces comptes est actuellement a peu pras impossible, les ... ...es ne trouvant aucune contrepartie et les réglements chinois actuels interdisant toute ... de ce genre.
... les conseillers juridiques ... ... , l'administration (736) de Shanghai qui succédera a la ... aux revendications la propriété de ces avóirs lorsqu'ils seront débloqués (après) la guerre.
... thése il me parait que la meilleure utilisation que nous puissions en faire est de les abandonner aux Chinois en faisant valoir cet élément actif selon les besoins de la négociation, soit pour obtenir confirmation du transfert a des organismes français de certains immeubles municipaux, soit pour faciliter l'accord concernant la prise en Amérique par l'admínistration chinoise du service des emprunts municipaux.

COEME

## Examinition Unit,

National Research Council
Pile D-4543
July 8, 1943</text>
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