C.O.
REGISTERED No.
DRAFT AND RECORD COPY
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LETTER SENT
DATE
DRAFT
XRX Miss Ruston
MR.
MR.
ENCLOSURES
54243/46.
Dear BrigadierFacDougel,
Downing Street,
S.W.1.
18′ Marca, 1946.
I promised to let you have the following Fapers in connection with the handover arrangements.
A note of the legal instruents necessary.
(b) A copy of the teleraum, the draft of which you say on Saturday morning and which is now being despatched to liong Kong.
(e) A note of the procedure on arrival of the Governor.
In regard to the reconstitution of the Legislative and Executive Councils, it has been agreed with Sie Mark Young that mr.T.M. Chau, Mr. H.A.Low and Mr. Lee I.U. Cheun should be Copy for 55217/6/3 ppointed on a provisional basis as the three
To
FURTHER ACTION
Chinese members and that you should on your return approach the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and the Justices of the Peace in regard to their respective dominees and that you should also get in touch with Mr. d'Almada the previous Portuguese representative,
in connection with the appointment of three European Unofficial Members on the same provisional basis. It was agreed that no ection should be taken for the tie being in regard to the five other
/Unofficial
BRIGADIER D.M.MACDOUGAL
[4556B) Wt. 26930/440 50m. 9/45 C.N.Ld. 748