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COPY FOR REGISTRATION
Code Telegram
FROM: TO:
Received
in Registry
18 JUL 941
40
FROM HONG KONG
Governor (Sir G. Northcote)
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
D. 17th July, 1941. R. 17th
#1
15.35 hrs.
No. 697.
25%,
Your telegram No. 693.
Grabuin
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Grayburn thanks you.
In the circumstances
it will be best to appoint person named for five years in accordance with Clause 2 of Royal
Instructions.
This will excite least comment.
He will probably retire soon after the termination of the war in which case he would resign his seat. It would then become a matter for Government consideration whether to seek permission to replace him by another such appointment.