(*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.

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