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an invitation on the clear understanding that it was personal to him and in no way related to his position with Messrs. Rendel, Palmer and Tritton.
Sir David Owen will let us know the result, and also will ascertain the sort of remuneration which Mr. Binns would look for. If the response is favourable, we shall then send Mr. Binns a direct offer ourselves.
I promised to send Sir David Owen certain documents relating to Hong Kong and also to the Colombo Harbour Authority to which he had noticed a reference in the enclosures in the Governor's despatch. I also said that I would see what information we had from past experience to give us an idea of what would be regarded as reasonable remuneration for Mr. Binns. We assured Sir David Owen that office accommodation, transport, etc., would be arranged locally, and we mentioned to him that the Governor was coming on leave in the summer and would no doubt be ready to arrange a talk with Sir David Owen. We thought that there would be no great need for him to hurry off to Hong Kong in the early autumn. If he aimed at arriving some time in October that would be a suitable arrangement.
Sir David Owen will probably send us in a letter a few points on which he would suggest memoranda be prepared locally, either for transmission to him before he leaves England or for him to study on his arrival, particularly one dealing with the practicability of segregating the expenditure incurred in the past by the Hong Kong Government on the Port of Hong Kong so as to have in mind some picture of the financial reconstruction which might be necessary in the event of the establishment of a separate Port Authority in the Colony.
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