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TREASURY CHAMBERS,
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Dear Grindle,
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RECEIVED 29th July, 1929.
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34 JUL 1929
COL. OFFIC
I enclose (with apologies for the long delay)
our official reply to Colonial Office letter of the 26th
January 1929 (52802/28) relative to a proposal made by the
Governor of Hong Kong for changing the method of assessing
the military contribution of Hong Kong.
Would you like to confer with the Treasury and
the War Office before sending any reply to the Colony?
Crosland asks me to say that the War Office
memorandum enclosed with their letter of 25th April 1929
(of which we are passing on a copy to you) was not
written for communication to the Governor; so whether we
have a conference or not, the War Office hope that when
the time comes for you to write to the Governor, you will
let them see your despatch in draft.
Sir Gilbert Grindle, .C.M.G., C.B.,
Colonial Office.
Yours sincerely,
A.P. Waterfield
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