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I do not know whether you could do anything to
expedite reprová Bion, vis-a-vis the Rong Kong Government,
any assistance that you can give in this direction will
certainly expodi te the evaavation.
(S) 1.9.A..
My dear Secretary of State,
4 July, 1925.
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You wrote to me on the 25th June regarding
the possibility of our surrendering Murray Barracks at
Hong Kong as quickly as possible in order that the site
might be available for the erection of a new Town Hall
and Museum with which Sir Paul Chater is closely
associated.
I do not think that there is any possibility
of our evacuating Murray Barracks in the near future.
In the first place we have not yet received Treasury
approval to the scheme as a whole, although this should
be forthcoming very shortly.
Secondly, after the receipt of approval there
is a great deal to be done in the way of designing and
construction of the proposed barracks at Gun Club E111.
I do not think there is any likelihood of our being able
to evacuate Murray Barracks before some three years from
Under the arrangement reprovision, which is a
now.
matter