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EXTRACT from a letter from The Right Honourable
Sir L.Worthington Evans to Mr. Amery.
Dated 30th November, 1928.
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I see no logical ground for altering the
present agreement but if you, with the concurrence of
the local people, put forward an offer from them of
17% as a final settlement of this vexed question,
then, on the understanding (1) that, with this
further safeguard of the Colony's interest, there will
be no question as to how far the troops in the Straits
Settlements are there for local or for Imperial purposes
or of excluding any part of their cost from calculation
of the Colonial military contribution, (2) that you
agree that the circumstances are so different in the
cases of the Straits and Hong Kong that this concession
to the former will offer no ground for a similar
concession to the latter, if such should be claimed
by Hong Kong, I would accept, subject to the concurrence
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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