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The
I have, therefore, insisted upon the
separation of the agricultural settlement
scheme from the dispersal scheme.
former is being considered on its own merits
which I frankly regard as meagre the latter
is under immediate preparation on slightly
different lines. Two much safer stor age
places for food reserves have been chosen in
(1) the Hong Kong Brewery, which is on the
mainland opposite the nor th-eastern end of
Lan Tao Island, and (2) Sai Kung Police
Station itself, where some sheds are being
constructed. In these places it will be
possible to keep food stores under strong
guard, at any rate until the guards have to
be withdrawn. But I do not propose to put
down food for 50,000 people at each of these
places, preferring to judge by results and to
send out further supplies as required: so the
ultimate loss of foodstuffs by looting would
be much less than it would have been under
the scheme put forward by the committee.
have written about this at some length as you
may hear of repercussions;
I
Selwyn Clarke is
kicking hard, but the General appears to have
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no objection to my amendments of his committee's
recommendations.
Civil Service.
When it reaches you you will, I think,
agree with me that the terms of the Commission's
report on Forrest are somewhat savage in places.