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8. CONFIDENTIAL.
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
28th August, 1935.
Sir,
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With reference to Sir Philip
Cunliffe-Lister's Confidential (2) despatch
of 9th January, 1935, on the subject of Colonial
Naval Volunteer Forces, I have the honour to inform
you that after full consideration of the matter I
have come to the conclusion that it would be
undesirable and contrary to the best interests of
the Colony to pass an Ordinance on the lines of the
second model which accompanied Sir Philip Cunliffe-
Lister's Confidential despatch of 7th December, 1933.
I cannot but feel that there has
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been some misunderstanding as to the intentions of
the Hong Kong Government in this matter, due to the
incorrect use of the term "Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve" in the earlier discussions and correspondence.
The intention of the Government throughout has been
that the Naval Volunteer Force should be the Naval
counterpart of the existing Hong Kong Volunteer
Defence Corps and that it should be raised and
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,
&C.,
&C.,
&C.
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