C. O.
Mr. Chopping 12/2/37. Mr. Major Furset. 23.12.
Mr. Gent.
Sir H. Moore.
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Sir G. Tomlinson.
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27 December,1937.
Sir C. Bottomley,
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permi. U.S. of S.
Parly, U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT. Couron
P
WING COMMANDER WARBURTON M.B.E
I enclose a copy of a despatch
which the Secretary of State has
received from the Governor of Hong Kong
requesting that steps should be taken as soon as possible
^
to select an Air Raids Precaution
Officer for the Colony.
Commülter
Impuial
Defence
The Governor asks for an Officer
1 and enclosure.
trained and experienced in such work.
None of the possible candidates on our
lists in the Colonial Office have such
qualifications and we should be very
grateful if you could give us any
advice or assistance in selecting
a suitable officer as soon as possible.
If you think that it would be
seune me sources of
impossible to maruit an officer
with the training required perhaps
FURTHER ACTION.
you
(*8UI—150)
Wt. 13952-47
10,000
6/37 T.S.