Gous fel
Colonial Office,
Downing Street,
S.W.1.
1st October, 1945.
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My dear MacDougall,
Very many thanks for your letter of 16th September from Hong Kong. We have, I think, been getting all your signals although the channel is rather tortuous both at your end and ours. However, there hasn't been any great delay so far.
Keep us supplied whenever you can with general appreciations as well as signals on particulars subjects. I quite understand how delicately you feel you are treading the ways of high finance. I believe that your native common- sense will stand you in good stead as on other wickets, but the shortage of staff must make it a fearful strain for you. Incidentally, Paskin has just gone sick for several weeks, so I have & fellow feeling for you in that particular matter.
I have seen Gimson and Kinnitt and
others who have come by air, and next week we start receiving a stream of big ships with our repatriated people from all over the Far East. I hope we shall not disappoint them too bitterly with what we are able to do for them.
If Herklots is still with you please give him my very warm regards and also to your own lieutenants and particularly Sensom and Rouse. (Has he restarted yacht club yet?) I had e dilatory file from some outlying branch of this Office yesterday, proposing that the file be sent
Brigadier D.M. MacDouga11.
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