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MESSAGE FROM MR ANTHONY RØYLE TO MR P Y TANG
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Thank you for your letter of 11 May.
It was good of you to write so generously
about our meeting during your recent visit
to London.
Sir Leslie Monson has now received a
letter from Sir David Trench, and it is
clear from this, I am afraid, that there
had been some misunderstanding between us
about the possibility of a further grant.
You will remember I told you during our
talk that it was quite impossible for me to
give you any kind of assurance that HMG
would be able to help Hong Kong in this way.
I explained that with Hong Kong doing so
well economically it would be most
difficult to secure agreement in London
to any further grant to the Colony.
did however undertake to look into the
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matter I have now done this and I am
afraid that with things as they are I can
see no hope of obtaining approval here of
any further grant to Hong Kong, whether such
a grant could be matched from Hong Kong's
own resources or not.
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