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Mr. Galsworthy.
Mr. Cowell &
Mr.
Mr. A. J. Dawe.
Sir H. Moore.
XSir
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
7/2/39.
15872
Qto. for Sir Henry Moore's signature.
SECRET.
Downing Street,
14 February, 1939.
DRAFT.
My
dear hartheste,
(1)
Thank you for your further
letter of the 6th of January on the
SIR GEOFFRY NORTHCOTE, K.C.M.G.
FURTHER ACTION.
but we
requorise
(35 on -/38)
that it is not likely seriously to affect the several argument
argument that 1.1., as it so to day,
could not continge
to
exist of deprived of the
the leased femtories.
wxt
न
subject of the extension of the lease
of the New Territories.
By
In my letter
to you of the 4th of October I told you
that the proposal had been referred to
the Board of Trade for their
observations on it from the general
British commercial aspect. So far
we have not had this report from the
Board of Trade, the question for
decision at the moment seems to
be whether the present is a favourable
opportunity for negotiating an extension
of the lease. There is, of course,
danger
the