Enclosure No. 1.
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Headquarters,
China Command,
Hong Kong.
19th April, 1929.
Your Excellency,
In view of the recent change of Command in
China I very much regret that I feel that I am no
longer in a position to spare the time to sit on the
Executive and Legislative Councils in Hong Kong,
I would respectfully request Your Excellency to make the necessary application to the proper
authorities for me to be relieved of these duties.
As Commander of the China Command I shall
have to be absent from Hong Kong for at least 2 or 3
months every year, but when I am here I shall
naturally be only too pleased to advise the Councils
on Military questions and I suggest that I should be
invited to attend, when my presence would be of
value to the Colonial Government.
I have the honour to be,
Your Excellency's obedient servant,
(Signed) J.. Sandilands.
Major-General.
Commanding China Command.
TGSS/-
His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong.