Copies of semi-official correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, and Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, and Jardine Matheson, Tokyo, with enclosures:

TOKYO AND SHANGHAI

1. Semi-official letter no. 1 from R. Gordon, Shanghai, to F.A. Pollock, Tokyo, 1 August 1952.

2. Semi-official letters nos 1-8 from R. Gordon and H.H. Lennox, Shanghai, to F.A. Pollock, Tokyo, 24 January-11 December 1951.

3. Semi-official letters nos 1 and 3 from F.A. Pollock, Tokyo, to H.H. Lennox, Shanghai, 27 March 1951 and 3 October 1951, and no. 4 from F.A. Pollock, Tokyo, to R. Gordon, Shanghai, 15 November 1951. No. 2 of 22 May 1951 has been transferred to another file, but there is a sheet listing its contents.

The letters are preceded by an index containing the following entries: Correspondence; R. Gordon; Japan/China Barter Trade; H.H. Lennox; Private Office; Mrs de Souza.

LONDON TO SHANGHAI

1. Semi-official letters nos 145-167 from W.J. Keswick, London, to R. Gordon, Shanghai, 2 January-4 June 1952. All the letters are acknowledgements of the receipt of semi-official letters.

2. Semi-official letters nos 69-144 from W.J. Keswick, London, to R. Gordon and H.H. Lennox, Shanghai, 3 January-31 December 1951. Many of the letters are acknowledgements of semi-official letters received.

The letters are preceded by an index containing the following entries: Correspondence; E.A.C. Chambers; A. Cheetham; R.A. Dodd; Frozen Eggs; Dried Egg Products; Ewo Cotton Mills; Ch. Goldrei, Foucard & Son Ltd; Hazelwood Ltd; G. Copley Moyle; Patons & Baldwins; Produce; Staff Movements; Shanghai Waterworks Co. Ltd; Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co. Ltd; Textile Machinery Agencies - Card Clothing Contracts; Wool.

SHANGHAI TO LONDON

1. Semi-official letters nos 1-3 from R. Gordon, Shanghai, to W.J. Keswick, London, 18 January, 1 February and 13 February 1952.

2. Semi-official letters nos 1-32 from H.H. Lennox, Shanghai, to W.J. Keswick, London, 4 January-19 September 1951.

The letters are preceded by an index containing the following entries: British & Chinese Corporation Ltd; Barter - Frozen Egg; Bristles; Correspondence; Cashmere; Y.C. Chien; E.A.C. Chambers; R.A. Dodd; Frozen Eggs; Dried Egg Products; Ewo Cotton Mills - Patons & Baldwins; Ch. Goldrei, Foucard & Son; D.S. Middleditch; Patons & Baldwins; Private Office; G.D. Raeburn; Staff Movements; Shanghai Waterworks Co. Ltd; Textile Machinery Agencies Card Clothing; Wool; Zimmerman & Co.