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from the coolies will be sent to that officer in
the bag, for transmission to addressees in China.
In this way it is hoped that any necessity for
censorship at Hong Kong will be obviated.
Latter
Brigadier-General Cookerill would be glad
if the Hong Kong Censors might be instructed to
keep a watch for stray lettere going to and
from these coolies and to examine the with a
view to the interception of any matter which
may be undesirable.
War Office,
16th March, 1917.