*3950-150) Wt. 46262-29 30,000 3/39 T.S. 695 (*4940-150) Wt. 25498-38 10,000 9/39 T.S. 895
C. O.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr. A. J. Dawe.
Sir H. Moore.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
R 12UCT
012
In a recent telegram
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the Governor of Hong Kong referred
to a proposal to constitute a
separate Defence Budget for the
Colony; the revenue to be
credited to this Budget would
consist of the proceeds of income
tax, and the Governor proposed
that, after the expenditure on
the Defence Services etc. had
FURTHER ACTION.
been met, any balance should be
voted as a free gift to His
Majesty's Government in aid of
general war expenditure, (This
free gift would be additional to
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the fixed defence Contribution).
The Secretary of State
has considered whether gifts
such as that proposed by the
Governor of Hong Kong should be
discouraged