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A copy of the Report (with appendices) of the Surits Commission, which has been received since the Foreign Office Instructions were prepared, is enclosed for your perusal.
The Secretary of State has requested the Governor not to publish the report until he has had an opportunity of considering it; and therefore, while the information which it contains will be at your disposal, you should not lay the report before the Conference unless you know that it has been published in Singapore.
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The Governments of Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements have been requested each to nominate an officer who will be competent to furnish you with full information as to the local aspects of the question. It will be understood that the two officers in question are sent for the purpose of affording you assistance; they will have no voice in the deliberations of the Conference, though there can be no objection to their being present at the meetings and