FRUITLESS NEGOTIATIONS.
WITH GERMAN SHIPOWNERS. (British Official Wireless.) Received February 22, 11.20 a.m. RUGBY, Feb. 21. Reporting to the London Chamher of Commerce on the circumstances leading to the breakdown, of the negotiations with German shipowners regarding the release of British cargoes. Colonel Harding said that concession after concession had been made to the Germans, but at the very moment it was expected an agreement would he signed they advanced further demands, such as a refund to the German exporters of moneys surrendered to the British Custodian of Enemy Property. These demands could not he accepted, and the negotiations were broken off. < i
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 72, 22 February 1940, Page 7
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103FRUITLESS NEGOTIATIONS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 72, 22 February 1940, Page 7
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