asked the Minister for Finance if he has any statement to make in regard to the attempt to enlist Irish banking and insurance concerns in the cause of Chinese-backed economic and political revolutions in the letter which has recently reached the Bank of Ireland from the Bank of China; if he will make the full text of this letter and the reply available; and if the matter was considered by the Government.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Bank of China Letter.
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I understand that the letter to which the Deputy refers, although written in a propagandist style, was, in fact, a business letter about the effect on certain banking transactions of a recent decision of a Chinese insurance company. I understand that no reply is being sent to it. I see no reason to ask that the full text be published.
The matter was not considered by the Government.