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Mr. G. E. J. Gent.
Mr. G. L. M. Clauson.
Sir C. Jeffries.
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Sir A. Dawe.
Sir W. Battershill.
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Downing Street,
DEC 1943, 1943.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
5.4.4.
C.H.. WILCOX, ES.
TREASURY.
FURTHER ACTION.
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Lordan
Dear Wilcox,
I am afraid I have been some time in
replying to your letter of 12th October
(S. 51336) regarding the assistance required
from His Majesty's Government in respect of
Hon on finances. I note that you are
willing to make the necessary advances from
the Vote of Credit as a (3) service and that
the advance will not bear any interest, and
any question of repayment must await con-
sideration until after the re-establishment of
British administration in the Colony.
On the uestion of the Treasury control
propose
over the expenditure, you'sate that the
normal principles of control in the case of a grant aided Colony, should be followed as far
as possible.
That control is, I understand, in the foot place
based on the mission of annual estimates. But I am afraid that"
The preparation of any sort of an estimate in
respect of Hong Kong expenditure likely to
be charged to the year ending 31st March 1944
is a practical impossibility at the moment.
We have only just this week succeeded in
getting the necessary additions to staff
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