To cha dà i blá, KAVAŞAMA, AMUNA, HUNDUN
(Inland Transport) A“ TRANSMINRY, TELEX, LONDON'
Telephone: ABBEY 7711
MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT,
BERKELEY SQUARE HOUSE,
42
Our Reference..
Your Reference......
BERKELEY SQUARE,
3rd August, 1945.
LONDON, W.1.
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Dear Gent,
Hongkong.
With reference to our conversation this morning about the informal meeting which you are holding next week on the subject of the port, I thought you might --like to have a copy of the attached paper covering the principles for the operation and control of captured and liberated ports under British control.
This was approved by the Principal Administrative Officers in 1943 and has been used ever since: it has stood the test of practice remarkably well and is the re- fore a good guide to the procedure which will be followed in the early stages when Hongkong is liberated.
The Hongkong Planning Unit have a copy, but I
send this to you so that Colman it before the meeting. need to return it.
thought that I would could have a look at a spare, there is no
Yours sincerely,
As it is
(Alan Reid)
Port and Transit Control.
G. E. J.Gent, Esq.,C.M.G.,D.S.O.,0.B.E.,M.C.,
Colonial Office,
London, S.W.1.
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