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Confidential.
Your telegram No. 83. Port
Administration.
I am advised that most
suitable expert adviser
now
persent
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GOVERNOR,
HUNG KUNG
this unattr
his desire to accept
as he w' regard task as his personal contributions of war-time servie o
FURTHER ACTION.
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available is Sir David Owen who was
General Manager of the Port of London Authority from 1922
until retirement in 1938, having
previously served with Mersey Docks
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and Harbour Board and Goole Docksand Belfast Harbour Commissioner. Although 66 he appears to be in full
vigour and he has indicated readiness
to wich H.K.
to undertake the enquiry e
(part
and
remuneration (apart from payment of
expenses He has raised following
N.P
points:-
(a) He assumes that terms of
reference would be comprehensive,
(in won to allow full scops to report)
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(b) Position or accompanying
engineer requires definition. Owen
would not wish to submit joint
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