[CODE] Etegran
FROM CHUNGKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Sir H.-Seymour
No 326
23rd March, 1943,
K.
Tel Section 68
D. 200-p.m. 23rd March, 1943. R.15.55. 23rd March, 1943.
Addressed Foreign lexice to 326
baragraph
Your telegram No.60, paragraph 2.
Following for Colonial Office from Swegwick.
FILES
25 MAR 1343
Is 1/6th added to salary as at September 30th 1942 in calculating ad hoc allowances.
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2. Your telegram No.264, paragraph 4,last sentence. Meaning not clear. Please elucidate.
3. Your telegram No.264, paragraph 5. Absence of records will make it impossible to check on length of service claimed by temporary staff. I suggest provision where necessary instead of allowances to temporary staff with prima facie claim to over 10 years service, allowances or commuted pension being granted only to those who can prove the exact length of service or who have
Similar difficulty obviously qualified for maximum pension. will arise regarding paymaster pensions referred to in paragraph 4 in telegram under reference.
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