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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr. Parkinson.
Tomlinson.
Si Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
[11m 72779]
No. C.E.in c
0136/30/3686
the Hong Kong Government was entitled
to assume from the terms of the
Admiralty letter of the 2nd of January,
193, that the new Depot would be
completed and the Arsenal Yard
evacuated and surrendered to the
Hong Kong Government in January, 1933.
3.
If the new Depot at
Stonecutter's Island will not be
completed till 1936, it appears that
the three instalments already paid
must be much in excess of the
expenditure already incurred.
would appea
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in the circumstances, be no
There
urgency about payment of the final
instalment, and Sir Philip Cunliffe-
Lister is definitely of opinion that the 11. K. Govt would be fully justified in withholding
instalment
of $500,000 will be due
poput of the final wit
until
and when Their Lordships can
ar
state definitely that they will be in
[ to carry and thin part of the agreement, namely,
a position to hand over the Naval
Arsenal Yard free from encumbrances
(see in this connection Colonial Office
letter