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detail on all these points, including
administrative scale.
5.
Your paragraph 9. Publication. See my
telegram No.1950.
6. Your paragraph 10.
Mad
Retrospective effect.
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I feel that strongest possible line will have to be
taken from the beginning that financial position
of Colony does not permit an earlier date than
1947 1
247 For
1 January 1947 For your information on
9 December Malayan Governments made public announce -
ment regarding Trusted Report and included
statement that they proposed to recommend to
Secretary of State that retrospective effect be
given to 1 August 1947.
7. Your paragraph 11.
Payment of part of
arrears in scrip of new loan or in savings
certificates.
In view of your comments I do not
wish to press my suggestions, though I note that
you will invite officers to accept part of the
arrears due to them in scrip. I will telegraph
later on the point you raise regarding a
supplementary loan issue for this purpose.
8. Implementation.
Recommendations of Commission relating to
salaries and allowances may be implemented as soon
as you are in position to do so subject to
foregoing and to further consideration of acting
pay (paragraph 54 last sentence), outfit allowance
and recommendations regarding Governor (paragraph
71) on which I shall be addressing you later.
9.
Your paragraph 12. Text of announcement.
Suggested draft revised in the light of contents of
this telegram is in my immediately following
telegram. This announcement may be made forthwith
if you agree to its terms.
10. Your