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The question was eventually posed to Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss who replied (Responsa Minchas Yitzchak, Vol.5:95) that preferably one should not place tzedakah boxes in public places that non-Jews (whose intentions may sometimes be questionable) frequent. However, so as not to offend those who run offices in the London Diamond Exchange, the charity boxes already placed there should remain where they are, for if they were to be removed and the reason was discovered, people would probably feel insulted and that might spoil work relationships.
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