HÀNG KONG.
BRET
3ir,
32
Colonial office,
Downing Street,
19
February, 1940.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your secret despatch of the 9th November, 1939,
forwarding various documents selected from or explanatory
of those seized on the premises of the Central China Trust
in Kowloon on the 25th September, 1939. The documents 11
question are being studied with much interest.
2. I have noted with pleasure your commendation of
Mr. D.W. Waterton of the Hong Kong Wireless Service and
Mr. R.R. Ellis, Sub-Inspector of Police, to whom it is
clear that much credit is due for the manner in which th
carried out the important and complicated enquiries
entrusted to them in this case.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
GOVERNOR
SIR GEOFFRY NORTHCOTE, K.U.M.G.,
etc.,
etc.,
etc.
(Signed) MALCOLM MacDONALD,