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Mr. Dilke
sent have would him your is
37
14th August, 1940.
vigation Company Ltd 6
14/8
are P 16th
I understand you collecting
15, Trinity Square,
Dear Sir,
Mr. Cross has asked me to thank you 198 london.Ec.3.
for your letter of the 13th August and for
the enclosed copies of confidential reports
13th August, 1940.
199
which you have received. As you say, Mr.
Cross is anxious to collect as much informa- M.P.,
tion as possible about the services rendered
LTD.
by merchant ships, and he would certainly be
very interested to see any similar informa- M
DUNKIRK
CO.
tion which you may be able to forward about ish 's letter of the 27th
to collect information
other vessels owned by the Company.
the ships of the Merchant
tion of the B.E.F. from
e
Yours faithfully,
e, therefore, take the
Yours faithfully
F. H. KEENLYSIDE
ew confidential reports
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sources. If it would
pleased to forward
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Company
Private Secretary.
vessels owned by this
,WO
same.
:
W.J. Philpott Esq.,
The General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
nal times the cargo and
the
erate chiefly in the
so
for THE GENERAL
and enabled approaches them to the Northern French and of the channels
our Masters and and the Officers special have knowledge and ex-
under the difficult to find their way to the beaches Belgian berths coasts,
tense
pleasure conditions. In the and
ming
and their ships, their shallow draft case of the
jut
journeys backwards good bunker capacity enabled was these also of assistance make
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and forwards with a minimum vessels of delay. to
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entrance bombs. enemy A for assistance informed me for that me an off escort the
the consisting British This be an waiting hour when the aircraft
port. returned to Ostend.