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Mr. Collins,
I attach a copy of a letter received from the Auditor of Hong Kong relating to Mr. Dallin. On the receipt of this letter I caused semi-official enquiries to be made at the office of the Director of Movements (War Office) and I have been informed that Mr. Dallin did not sail for Hong Kong until the 19th August. It appears however that a passage was taken for him by an earlier steamer (sometime in June) but that, on the 11th June, Mr. Dallin called personally on the Director of Movements and explained that, for domestic reasons, he wished to defer his departure until a later date.
When he applied for a few months commuted leave (9668/19) Mr. Dallin was informed that he could only be allowed as much leave as would be necessary in order to enable a passage to the Colony to be arranged for. His service under the War Office terminated on the 22nd March 1919 (17737/19) and he thus succeded in obtaining five months full pay leave, and it appears to me that, in thus deliberately postponing his departure without the sanction of the Secretary of State (which I presume was not given), he committed a breach of discipline which calls for serious notice,
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Draft to Gov., saying we have received this
inf. from the: D.C.A., and ask for Mr. Dallin's
explanation and for the:Gov.'s views.
Let Mr. Stephenson see: draft.
At once:
A.E.C.
Mr. D. has been in hot water beféré labout re- fusing to retum to his duties from Mil. Serv.