(*5972-150) Wt. 19406-96 5,000 7/40 T.S. 695
C. O.
09
Amas
2140
Mr. Monson 12
Mr.
Mr.
Gear
Sir A. Burns.
19/5 at once.
Mr. G. L. M. Clauson.
Mr. C. J. Jeffries.
GD.
Mr. A. J. Dawe.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT. TELEGRAM.
F2 1 MAY 1941 021
GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG.
woded a sent
16.00 hrs.
21.5.41.
14
No.
436
Your confidential despatch of the
20th February. Military lands.
I have noted your views on arrangements for Kau Lung Tsai site (paragraph 3) and for any
necessary building works (para. 5).
As regards Sham Shui Po
site (see your paragraph 3). I
appreciate the serious inconvenie
caused to the Colony by the
continued occupation of the site by military authorities, and ther
essential requirement for the
Colony is to secure removal of
elsewher
Cantonment to Kau Lung Tsai at as
early a date as possible.
In
has tokag
read
to be
present circumstances this is
unfortunately impracticable..
put powest for rental for the
As regards
FURTHER ACTION.
site and reference to limits of
I she be reluctant defence contribution, do not seem
in porrent in to feed 41 Court wowling and it as attropriate
emergency
appropriate in war conditions
consisten with the genero
contri ations already
Colon
made by the Hong Kong
ution of $77
Forsund & aphonal
Insistence
bunden of war effort.