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Colonial Secretary's Office.
Hong Kong.
24th March, 1938.
My dear Gent,
2.
February.
Thank you for your letter No.53837/38 of 9th
Cowell's letter to which you refer reached me
about a month before North returned to the Chinese Secretariat
after his spell of Colonial Secretary, so I decided that this
amount of delay would not matter. About the same time Mr.
Brewin wrote independently to the Secretary for Chinese
Affairs (addressing the office and not the individual).
North in due course replied direct to Mr. Brewin
and promised a further communication and this will follow as
soon as it can be prepared.
You may care to see a letter which went to Mr.
Brewin from this Government in 1932 as it still seems relevant.
Mr. Brewin replied gratefully in June, 1932, in a letter which
said "I do not desire an answer and shall not address you
again on the subject".
G.E.J. Gent, Esq., O.B.E., D.S.O., M.C.,
Colonial Office,
Downing Street,
LONDON, S.W.1.
Yours sincerely,
NZ Smith.