41. LANGLEY PARK ROAD,
SUTTON, SURREY.
TEL. VIGILANT 0412.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
Downing Street, S.W.1.
15
9th August, 1939.
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24 но
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Sir,
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On the 26th November, 1938, I had the honour to
forward to you a copy of a joint letter addressed to the Government of Hong Kong on the subject of certain widows' and orphans' pensions,
which was dated the 24th November, 1938, and which was posted to
Hong Kong on the 26th November. On the 12th March, 1939, as no
answer or even acknowledgement had been received from Hong Kong, Mr.E.R.Hallifax, one of the signatories, wrote to the Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, to ask if the letter had been received. Colonial Secretary replied on the 31st March that a despatch on the
matter had been addressed to the Secretary of State and that he had been requested to convey his decision direct to the signatories of
the letter.
The
In the meantime I had received from the Colonial
Office a letter, dated the 22nd March, referring to the joint letter of the 24th November, and informing me that "the Hong Kong Govern-
ment has agreed to the
payment of pensions from the Widows'
and Orphans' Pension Fund at the old privileged rate of conversion