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Sir H. Moore.
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Sir J. Shuckburgh.
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Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
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THE RIGHT HON. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL,
C. H., M. P.
FURTHER ACTION.
Copies to W.O., Admiralty and 1.0. with P.S.'s letter,
wh, and, be marked
'confidential'
For signature by the S. of S.
Downing Street,
June, 1940.
The Governor of Hong Kong,
Sir Geoffry Northcote, had to leave
in the middle of May to take a
period of rest and holiday at home
on the urgent advice of his doctors.
He has not yet arrived here, but may
be expected in a week or two now.
The Acting Governor at present is
the next man in the Civil
Administration of the Colony,
Mr. N. L. Smith, the Colonial
Secretary, who has spent his
working life in the Civil Service
in Hong Kong and has much valuable
experience of local administrative
affairs.
But the Colony is facing
a defence situation of some gravity
and it has been urged upon me by
the Naval Commander in Chief and
the
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