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SIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, K.C.M.G.,
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
(6) on the
1948 file.
For Sir Thomas Lloyd's signature.
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We have been considering your
despatch No. 290 Confidential of the
25th November 1948 about the
establishment of a Public Services
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Commission. A despatch has been
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drafted in reply, but there is-a
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point of importance on which it has
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seemed to us that it would be best to
exchange views with you semi-officially
on the pant
before replying formally.
It may
however be useful to you to have the
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bulk of what is in the draft despatch
at race,
in advance and I give this in the
may
attached Notel. This will enable you to proceed with the introduction of the Bill.
The The point of importance is ef
course, the question of remission of
vacancies to the Commission, It seems
a rigid quil
laid down
to us that abebiute application of
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the doctrine of Colonial No.197 to the
be undesirable
special case of Hong Kong may lead us
into an impossible position." We have
no quarrel with the principle that all
vacancies