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minute seant?
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I understood that when he minuted deferring the commencement
until after the 15th January
I am quoting H..'s words 'until the machinery can operate
effectively'
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From conversations with him direct
I did not read it that way. and through the Colonial Secretary I gathered that H.E. was anxious to have the I.C. working as early as possible for reasONS of defence. I knew what the Immigration Office could not be working very smoothly at the time when I agreed upon 15th January but nevertheless I thought it would be working as an emergency measure well enough to justify putting it into operation. «orking as an emergency measure well enough to bring it into
operation
Yea.
Without any accounting system being provided?
I will not say no accounting system was provided but I will say the accounting system like the rest of the organization was far from
perfect.
be know that you had worked very hard on the system generally and that you had done all that anyone could do in the direction of devising a fool proof simple system a ainst the day when the
public came ?
Yes.
...e know that when you realised that your office accommodation was going to be very far from perfect
Before the office opened?
Shortly afterwards?
Yes, then but even then it was a matter of about how long the crow
would continue.
So we can quite confidently say that you had been prudent and farseeing on all these matters?
Yes.
And yet you devised no accounting system'
my
I accepted an accounting system which was ready to hand hoping