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Civil Servants of the Chinese race with a minimum of. 7 months pay and provide relief for some time to come. It must be borne in mind that in any case they will look to His Majesty's Government for further assistance if employment cannot be found and their funds are consumed.
3. Am I correct in reading paragraph 3 of your telegram under reference together with paragraph 4 of your telegram No. 709 to mean that, abolition of Chinese offices is equally operative as regards officers who have elected to remain in Hong Kong?
4. If this is correct then, I assume that their future retrospective compensation would be on the same basis as for those who did not remain and in view of all the circumstances would be equitable.
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