محام
C. O.
53669/36. H.K.
Mr. Carstairs 26/3
Mr. Gent 30/3
Mr. Mayhew 31/3
Mr. Cowell 3/4.
Sir C. Parkinson.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
X Sir J. Shuckburgh
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
1/4/
Sir,
Secretary of State.
DRAFT. CONSON.
HONG KONG.
CONFIDENTIAL
GOVERNOR.
3
7-April, 1936.
15
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With reference to Sir Thomas
Southorn's confidential despatch of
(2/53669/35) the 4th September last regarding the
compilation of a history of Hong Kong
by Mr. W. L. Handyside, I have etc. to
addressed transmit to you a copy of a letter to Mr.
^
Handyside, setting out the facilities
which have been obtained for him to
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examine the records of the Admiralty,
War Office, and the Foreign Office. Mr.
Handyside is also being put in touch with
scholars whose advice and experience may be
useful to him.
2.
In view of the fact that this
work may be expected to have to deal
with difficult and controversial questions
of
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of historic interest, I think it
inadvisable that it should be published
as a Government production, if that course
has been contemplated. It would be
preferable, in my opinion, that Mr. Handyside
should be regarded as sole and responsible
author of his book. I note, with reference
to paragraph 4 of Sir Thomas Southorn's
despatch No. 497 that it has been agreed to give
497,
support from public funds to the production of
the book, and I have no objection to such
assistance being granted. But in view of the
consideration mentioned above, I would suggest
it might suitably take the form of
that this would best be done by granting Mr.
Handyside extension of his present and subsequent
leaves with full salary; and possibly some also of
financial assistance in other forms, including
the guaranteed purchase of a specified number
of copies of the work, as well as facilities for
the study of official records, in order to enable
him to complete his work.
I have, etc.
1/53669/35
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Sir C. Parkinson.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
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53669/36 Hong Kong
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Downing Street,
24 March, 1936.
Sir J. Shuckburgh
(2)
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT. Conson
той
W.L. HANDYSIDE, ESQ.
With reference to the letter
from this Office of the 19th of February,
regarding the grant to you of facilities
in connection with your work on the
preparation of a history of Hong Kong,
I am etc., to inform you that a reply has
now been received from the Foreign Office
n' which it is stołía
that the records of that Depart-
ment are open for public inspection at
the Public Record Office down to the end
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despatch to છી
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see my
1/2
of 1885.
2.
The Foreign Office is a
prepared to permit you to have access to
the Foreign Office records within the
closed period which are also preserved at
the Public Record Office, i.e. down to
the end of the year 1910. Such permission
however, will be accorded subject to your
observing the following conditions:-
(a)
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