Correspondence between John Swire & Sons, London and Butterfield & Swire, Hong Kong and Shanghai covering routine business matters and in particular regarding the effects of the political situation on business. The letters cover the following areas: Anglo-Saxon Agency; other agencies; British Community interests; Government and other trade associations in Hong Kong; affairs in Japan; China Navigation Company agency in Korea; Ocean Steamship Company; Pacific Far-East line; control of sugar imports; John Swire & Sons directors; telegraphy; war claims. Includes index
Butterfield & Swire China and Japan
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- ReferenceGB 102 JSS/2/2/22
- Alternative Id.GB 102 JSSII 2/22
- Former ReferenceGB 102 BS 575
- Dates of Creation1948
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description389; 1 file; 1 box
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