Asking him to impress upon Bonar Law or Lloyd George 'the unique position which the Empire holds in the control of three-fourths of the Tin Production of the World', and the dangers of losing this 'national asset' to 'astute' American representatives at the allied conference in London.

A Financier cutting on Malayan Tin reserves [missing] and Financial News reprint of Feb 1917 [bound in MSS. Afr. s. 99, fols. 668-669] are to be enclosed.