Complaint

CUR

to the Gove, 'is action with

to yourself and your wife's

negand

activation

dessiner

im

the Colony

the S. of S.

>

ito

rary

that in xank of

the unfortunate effect pusalueets fron

th

Chiment

those activities

he

تامة مقفلة

taka

his part

pant is

that any action on

called for

مي

DG. ORIMA

Pensions!

Stubb 336

1920

12 Jely.

at previous Papper

HONG KONG

43346

REC

46

REG 1 SEP 20

Dollar salaries & pensions.

Rate

of exchause.

440

does not adores that take of payment of pensions

Boucleridir

a matter of contract, but I loff consider

all be made, is willing to free to dollar pensioners being allowed to draw peelscour locally withour refors to place of resource. soe vos consider is deccable t undus luropean 'offen h muaus in IXA, afty retreuuto A

CR

(Signed) G. GRINDLE

13:37

Conabor for 427

John 3600

Mr. Buche,

the coll

The Gov. is inclined to take an

arbitrary view, but as he is ready to fall in with

our view that pensioners on dollar salaries

(an draw their pensions in H. Kong in dollars

if they choose, the main point is settled.

But do you agree that if such pensioners choose

to draw their pensions locally the Govt. can

thenceforward refuse to pay them anywhere

else? I think it may be sound, though in the

draft on 233/20 I took the line that pension-

ers would still retain the right to the

rate of exchange fixed in their case, if that

shd. again become more favourable. It is quite

14135,24 Gp,163 28,000 lbar that we can with-hold the temp. percentage

allowed as an act of grace

See 31395. A.E.C. 24.9

* subsequent Paper.

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