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EXTRACT from a letter from Mr. Amery to the Right
Honourable Sir L.Worthington Evans.
Dated 26th November, 1928.
No. 52056/28.
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As regards Hong Kong, i stand by what I said
in my letter of the 29th of October on the main point,
but there are new developments, which may not be so
satisfactory to you, about the £114,000.
Sir C.Clementi
was in favour of waiving this claim if the War Office's
proposals for the building of new barracks went through
since the sum would be a help to them in meeting this
heavy expenditure. But as you know the War Office
proposals were turned down and this question postponed
till after the General Election. In other words there
is no reason to expect that this money will have to be
spent for a very long time to come, if at all.
In
these circumstances Sir C.Clementi is no longer
prepared to stand against the local wish to obtain this
refund, and we shall be writing to you officially
asking for it. This is a disappointment, but in the
circumstances, I fear, inevitable.
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