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Palmer
Mr.
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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
DRAFT.
LETTER
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Permt. U.S. of S,
Parly. U.S. S
Minister of State
Secretary of State
Your Reference...
SIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, K.C.M.G.,
GOVERNOR,
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HONG KONG.
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May I refer to your
official despatch No. 31 of the
12th August 1948 regarding the
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denial claims, as the subject
appears to have become somewhat
unnecessarily complicated as a
result of Allen's proposals
following his investigation into
the local claims. We fully
appreciate that Allen put forward
his proposals with the best of
intentions of reaching a compromise solution of this thorny problem, but unfortunately the proposals
have complicated the issue.
Perhaps I may first of all
briefly summarise the history of
this problem. The claims in
question were referred to in para. 14
FURTHER ACTION.
of your despatch No.292 of 12th
December 1947 which referred to all
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the various liabilities arising
out of the war, in respect of which
Hong Kong contended that H.M.G.
should meet either in part or in whole.
H.M.G. was not able to accept such
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