CODE 18-77
Mr Paul
16
Reference
HKB 286/2
..90
FROM: M V Stone
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 25 October 1990
THE ESTATE OF THE LATE SIR S K TANG
1. On the float copy of my letter to Mr Briegel of the
Royal Cancer Hospital, you asked what the reason was for the
delay in dealing with the above subject (apart from the inexplicable action described in my minute to Mr Fifoot.)
2. As regards the reason for the delay, this primarily is a
result of inaction on Hong Kong's behalf. As you will see from enclosure 5 in the file, I wrote to Hong Kong about this question in November of 1989 and we did not receive a
definitive reply until after 28 February 1990 enclosure 8
refers. It seems clear to me when that letter was received
I must have minuted to Mr Fifoot because of the several
bring ups on the enclosure and the fact that Mr Fifoot minuted (enclosure 12), which must have been in response to something. My follow up minute to Mr Fifoot of 1 May 1990
is at enclosure 4 (ie. it has been found) ! The reason
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for the very odd date sequences is that Miss Marsden had the
file and unentered papers until 3 October. I have asked Mr Fisher to put them in logical sequence.
3.
In any event the file has very recently come back from Miss Foakes who has thrown the whole thing back in our
court - not very helpful. I shall pursue with Miss Coglin.
ROFAOQ/1
M V Stone