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on mit Wodehouse's RF
NO CONFIDENTI AL.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
RECEIVED
29 JUL 1930
COL, OFFICE
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG 25th June, 1930.
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My Lord,
I have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of Your Lordship's confidential despatch
of the 23rd of April, 1930, on the subject of the proposed appointment of Mr. T.H. King to the new post of Deputy Inspector General of Police, involving the supersession of Mr. P.P.J. Wodehouse.
2. Before I left London, Mr. W.D. Ellis, of
the Colonial Office, mentioned Mr. Wodehouse's case
to me, and I said that I would make full enquiries.
I consulted Sir Claud Severn, late Colonial
Secretary of Hong Kong, who was a personal friend
of Mr. Wodehouse and had known him, both privately
and officially, for a number of years. passed through Malaya, I consulted Sir Cecil Clementi.
As I
Both these gentlemen were very definite in their
opinion that, while Mr. Wodehouse had done
meritorious work, he was not fitted for promotion to
a more responsible post. I gathered that his
sense of responsibility is not strong.
LORD PASSFIELD,
&C.,
&c.,
&c.
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