INCIDENCE OF COST OF COLONIAL R.N.V.R.
UNITS IN WAR.
Approved Note of a meeting held at the Colonial
Office on Tuesday, 5th March.
Mr. Calder
Mr. Poynton
Mr. Martin
Mr. Monson
Mr. Harden
Mr. Walton
Commander Price
Mr. Lang
Mr. Rowan
PRESENT:
Colonial Office.
Admiralty.
Treasury,
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The meeting was called to discuss generally the
principles which should underly the incidence of cost of
R.N.V.R. units in the Colonies during the war, but with
special reference to Hong Kong, Malaya and Trinidad, from
which Territories the question had already been raised with
the Colonial Office.
20 The Admiralty representatives explained what
the position was in a number of territories where
satisfactory arrangements had been reached by local
agreement. In no case has the local R.N.V.R. unit yet been formally placed at the disposal of the Admiralty. Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Government were paying for services directly connected with the defence of Hong Kong and the
Admiralty for the remainder, the local authorities deciding in consultation which services were to be regarded as
Admiralty commitments and which as Hong Kong commitments,
on that basis.
Sierra Leone.
It had been agreed locally that the Sierra
Leone