Catalogue description Telegram reads: 'neutral ships can sail from Barbados without clearance because section...

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Details of CO 28/291/33
Reference: CO 28/291/33
Description:

Telegram reads: 'neutral ships can sail from Barbados without clearance because section 25 Trade Act 1910 authorises clearance within (?three) subsequent days. This law will be repealed. Meanwhile do you want me to detain ships by force in last resort'. Unnumbered telegram, folios 220-222

Date: 1917 Mar 21
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: 15197/1917
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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