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Mr. Wallace 10/3
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Mr....
Parkin
Mr..
Mr.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S.
Minister of State
Secretary of State
Your Reference
DRAFT. S/O LETTER
SIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, K.C.M.G.,
For Mr. Sidebotham's Signature.
March, 1949
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FURTHER ACTION. (1) Copy for 54126/4/49
(2) Recirculate for further
action on No.3 and on Mr. Wallace's minute of 12th November, 1948.
(2)
(1)
As you will have seen from Lloyd's personal
telegram (No.182 Confidential of 12th February),
it was unfortunately not possible for
Bourdillon to be spared for even a short visit
to Hong Kong. The necessity for finding an
early solution to the various financial
problems in the Federation of Malaya has
become so urgent that it was considered to be
essential that Bourdillon should return home to
report the outcome of his visit at the earliest
possible date. I am therefore, writing about
1
the various matters which were raised with
Paskin at his meeting with the Unofficial Members
of the Executive and Legislative Councils on
the 14th January.
Pasheni told you
2. As you probably know, the general
criticism which the Unofficials expressed to
Paskin was that reference home for decisions,
particularly on financial matters, was in many
cases unnecessary and often resulted in delay.
The particular matters mentioned were the
Salaries Commission Report, cost of living
allowance, local loans and the Currency Fund.
3.
We here appreciate that "Treasury control"
is
oon tend to be irksome and sometimes leads
to/