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CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT LETTER
Type 1 +
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To:-
HE Sir David Trench GCMG MC
From
Sir L Monson
Telephone No. & Ext.
Governor HONG KONG
Department
reclosed
You will have from the messages from The
Queen and the Secretary of State that Hong Kong has
been much in our thoughts since Typhoon Rose caused
so much damage.
We have been wondering from the beginning
whether you would welcome some financial token of
HMG's sympathy and we have been looking up our
records to see what was done on similar occasions
in
in the past. It seems that on at least 3 occasions
HMG has contributed to the relief measures
1959, 1960 and 1962. On the last occasion the
contribution was to your Community Relief Fund.
However, on receipt of your telegram No 572 in
which you said that you did not expect to request
any form of assistance we decided that we should
do nothing until we had your final report.
We now have your final report (your telegram
No 598). We have also seen your Daily Information
Bulletin of 19 August reporting on the distribution
of the $1 million paid by the Government into the
We have assumed from Community Relief Trust Fund.
that announcement that you have decided not to
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