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H/16469/Hong Kong
Quarto for Colonel
Amery's signature.
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Downing Street,
16
15
April,1920.
214
DRAFT.
Col. John Ward, C.B.,C.M.G.,M.P.
You took me somewhat by
the other surprise rocantly by raising in the
House the question of alleged child
and I was tof Fortunately,
slavery in Hong Kong,
athe to give you a very posenal rely I had seen the pap
the tubik
Mr.
MINUTE.
Beckett 8/4/20
MT. Dijon 4/4/20
Mr.
Mr. Grindle.
Sir H. Lambers.
Sir H. Read.
Sir G. Fiddes. /
Uni. Amery,
Lord Milner.
arto conson
Jut it may be well now to let you
have a slightly fuller account of
the present position.
So far as the official
papers show there is nothing to bear
out the statement by the Federation
of Trade Unions that the Colonial
Office definitely promised to attend
to the matter if the Federation
would not make it public property,
though it is quite true that the
subject was raised by Mr.Appleton
and