DRAFT.
The Secretary of the
Army Council.
Sir,
Long Hong
W.0./6402.
300
Downing Street,
12 March, 1904.
MINUTE.
Mr. Stubbs 4/3
Mr. Johnson 4
Mr. Antrobus.
Mr. Cox.
1 Mr. Lucas.
Mr. Graham.
4
Sir M. Ommanncy,
7
The Duke of Marlborough, Mr. Lyttelton. 10
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I am directed by Mr. Secretary
Lyttelton to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 23rd of February, 065/3982
(M.S.1), on the subject of the administration
of the Government of Hong Kong in the absence
of the Governor.
2. The observations made in the fourth
and subsequent paragraphs of your letter
appear to Mr. Lyttelton to be based on a mis-
apprehension. The importance of the Colonies,
or, as they are styled in your letter, the
fortresses of Bermuda, Malta and Gibraltar
is almost entirely strategical and this fact
places them in a wholly different category
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