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18th December, 1924.
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You will be glad to hear that Hong Kong have
now made a definite offer of 4250,000 as a contribution
1 enclose tovarde the enlargement of the Singapore base.
co-ies of the two telegrams I have hud from the Governor. He is of course quite right about the military contribution point, and I am writing to the Chancellor and the War Office to get their concurrence. As soon as this is obtained I propose to telegraph to Stubbs accepting the offer gratefully in the name of His Majesty's Government. I presume that at
the same
time he can be officially told in a separate telegram that the Admiralty withdraw their objections to the
Ferry keclamation scheme?
Kowloon
The Rt. Hon.W.C. Bridgeman,M.P.
(SD) L.S.A.