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Enclosure /.
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Headquarters, China Command,
Hongkong, 2nd March, 1921.
Your Excellency,
With reference to the letter of 24th
February addressed by the Hon. the Colonial Secretary to
the Chief Engineer, China Command, enclosing a copy of a
confidential despatch from the Secretary of State for the
Colonies regarding the site for Oil Tanks at Kowloon for commercial purposes, I have the honour to forward for your
information a copy of a cipher telegram I propose to address
to the War Office.
2.
I should be glad if Your Excellency would
favour me with any observations you may wish to be added to
the cable, in accordance with Colonial Regulation 199.
(Sa.)
I have, &c.,
GEO. M. KIRKPATRICK,
Major-General,
Commanding the Forces, China Command
His Excellency
The Governor, &c.,
Hongkong.