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Mr. Martin
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Mr. Gent. 24/10
Mr. Ellis.
Mr. Bottomley.
Sir E. Harding.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
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Sir G. Grindle.
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Sir C. Davis.
Sir S. Wilson.
Mr. Ormsby-Gore.
Lord Lovat.
Mr. Amery.
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62893/29 Hong Kong
DRAFT.
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conson.
HONG KONG.
CONFIDENTIAL.
GOVERNOR.
何
Action to be taken ces
directed on off of 17 on 62795
then Recite
DOWNING STREET,
October, 1929.
Sir,
I have etc., to acknowledge
the receipt of Mr.Southorn's Conf.
telegram of the 9th October, regarding
the appointment of a Deputy Treasurer.
2.
I regard it as essential
the present
that the appointment should, on
occasion, be given to an officer
with suitable qualifications and
experience selected from outside the
Hong Kong service and that this
officer should, on Mr.Messer's
retirement at the end of 1930, succeed
to the Treasurership.
3.
There is, however, no
intention that my decision in this
case should be regarded as establishirg
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