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by your representative in the sat formrded with your lecter of 26th Lentesber (AT/5:4/13127) in ontinuation ofaigh's letter of 2 th ugust. The eport gives a vay full and helpful #ucount 50 the vole direvistances.
2.
The sport shows that the Hong Kong Defence lan was draw up without regar. so the respective financial liabilities of the parties undertaking rasponsibilities, but that all requisitioning of ships either for active use the ongong Government or by any of the services, or for scuttling as blocs. shipa was to be carried out by the Harbour (aster as Controller of ater Teps that a loyal olaf by the ownere appears to Ue aainst the long ong tovarner t for chuponation in respect of such requisitionings; snì that dains #wunting to /15,100,000 have been received.
3.
Nere is no doubt that the defʊnce of 'bng; ong ms an imports
pert of Empurial strategy in the ter set, and that the hyal (avy was greatly spozna in the Defence. len.
ing was the base of the China leet as well as a centre of 'aperial cource and axumunications in the far ast. Jur view fron tod naval point of view is thus that there is a reasonable case for a proportion the liabilities for hich the long long Government are legally liable wing shouldered by
finis.
» liniálitise arising out of reuisition „J♫ ships for one efcnec derin the wr, the position was as follow:-
all ruquisitioning of aldọa for the naval survico (including block. » fpes Bodraxiation ships etc.) was carried out by the Director of Ges
ranmort, eoipensation for hire, loss, ato, being dealt with by th Inistry of Transport.
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ation of ships for their partiodar service were
5.
A-VI, w entirely agree with your represetative that is palie impracticable to assent the allocation of responsibility for verticer refinitions. as between the separate scrvices sini the tong ong Caverniert. Ar vew jy tant
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the question of the extent, 17 ery, to which the ".. Cavernynt shoul: conflate to the liability sould is deterdral (14 thout distinuidor as to learton15) with referunce 50 (1) the eneral basis of the Defence Tian, (11) the defence arÁ îinerse relationships between the noverment vid the Golory (e.g. the facto
kunvienai in paragraph 4(5) of the lexart as well as are reount events gach na the free print of X 111ion "to assist the glory in resolving the problems arising
in this basis we think $tu* nt of zenli ture ontol with the vp" primarily for the 'renary An ⠀ Jolonial mofos to Peels at roportjon, if any,
honki bu bazne by 7 ja rial unde on. bike it is for as proportions is «houl. bʊ set. walon hen boon è le in the loses of any »partment - none has bem rede in ours - w it would probably be more convenient and tyronriate to meet the amount from sone social provision without Vaimuting allocation letren Pepatants,
'rokeury to leude undur ́t is nagmod that mo
o nyba that two cases are stotel to have bu n oy papura show thứ those were settlai ba the Árector f
lcsnt in one of the cison of regulatining by th se
dralty but ransport on evidence
ficer.
"he ede lty is not in a posision to coment ceefully on the ative'a proposals for the andinory for i Aline with claias.
aly chains vill beve to be dealt 4th by a thois eida; b
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