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The chee, reported in the expectation That an
e way
expert would prepare the before income tax was introduced.
Moreover, it-- should not really, be
to budget deliberately for a
necessary to
Gift for Imperial Defence, though our
Circ. tal. No. 72 ((34) on 53652/1/29) seems
deliberatelyn
to invite one
The present burders
by emphasizing
on the British baxtrager
for the
as being the sole ar main reason
increased taxation in the Colonies, which
Inal belegram demands
The Secretary of
on the second
State on
coper of (12) has proposed discussion as to discouraging such gifts.
Though this may be the first such offer since the war began, there were many before it from Malaya, and they were accepted with gratitude provided they were unconditional, a without
asking whether the
money
could be better
spent in other directions Hong Kong's
prate
routine
"Defence Contribution itself might
be regarded to some extent as such a gift, though it is for its own defence & is not entirely voluntary.
Whether in
was conditions it would be
(local
possible to lay out wiedly lovely itong Kong
on
projects the money which might be given tour Imperial Defence is
matter for
speculation, but my own view is that it is undesirable to attempt to raise so
much,
and that
more modest rate
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