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Letter 38 Reply to Request for Earlier Shipment Dear Sirs, Re: Your L/C No.456 Contract No.123 Covering 50 Metric Tons Mild Steel Flat Bars. Referring to your letter of May 12, we wish to inform you that we have just received your amendment to the captioned L/C. Immediately upon receipt of your above letter, we approached our mills with the request that they hasten their production of your contracted bars. But much to our regret they are not in a position to advance deliveries, as they are heavily booked with orders for months ahead. Under the present condition, the best the mill can do is to ship the whole quantity of 50 metric tons within the stipulated time of shipment, i.e. July. We would ask you, therefore, to extend the shipment date and validity of your L/C to 15th and 31st July respectively. While we are extremely sorry for our inability to advance the date of shipment of 50 metric tons to June to meet your urgent need, we can assure you that special care will be given to your order and that we shall do everything possible to ensure smooth shipment of the goods contracted. Yours faithfully, Letter 39 Asking for Allowing Transshipment Dear Sirs, We thank you for your Letter of Credit No. E-102 amounting to USD1, 050,000 issued in our favor through The Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. With regard to shipment, we regret very much to inform you that despite strenuous efforts having been made by us, we are still unable to book space of a vessel sailing to Jakarta direct. The shipping companies here told us that, for the time being, there is no regular boat sailing between ports in China and Jakarta. Therefore, it is very difficult, if not impossible, for us to ship the 10,000 metric tons of sugar to Jakarta direct. In view of the difficult situation faced by us, you are requested to amend the L/C to allow transshipment of the goods in Hongkong where arrangements can easily be make for transshipment. Please be assured that we will ship the goo