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PARAPHRASE TELEGRAM.
REA 8 MAY 18
From the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary
of State for the Colonies.
(Received Colonial Office 3.40 p.m. 7th May, 1918).
Sar 19486.
My code telegram 20th April. Conscription. If I could be informed whether it is likely to be applied to Hong Kong I should be much obliged. I have suspended to members of Defence Corps all leave many business and (?to) family arrangements being upset thereby pending decision.
MAY.