501
10th July, 1928.
Dear Sir Cecil Clementi,
As arranged, I send you the enclosed copy of the
letter we sent to the Colonial Office last December, copy of which I believe they forwarded to Hong Kong in March, on the subject of the overpayment of £114,000 between 1917
and 1919.
I was naturally sorry to learn from you that an unfavourable reply from the Colony might be anticipated.
In view of the possibility, referred to in our
conversation, that a question of waiving the refund of this amount might be considered at a later date in connection with the heavy Works expenditure which the War Office will have to incur if H.M. Government decided upon a substantial increase in the garrison of Hong Kong, it might be well for a decision on the question to be deferred for the present. Perhaps you would be disposed to make
a suggestion to the Colonial Office in this sense?
Yours sincerely,
Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G., etc.
Abrorland
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