INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES
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2 MAY 1942 G.C. REGY
No. 487 Confidential.
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Your secret telegram No. 533 of 10th May, 1948.
The following are questions to be asked at the next meeting of the Legislative Council on 26th May, 1948.
A. How does the Government propose to make use of free grant of £1,000,000 to assist the Colony in resolving problems arising out of expenditure connected with DA??
3. On the assumption that proposals contained in such announcement are to be accepted by the Government * is the Colony under any outstanding liability of any kind in respect of any matter arising out of way?
C. If answer to preceding question is in the affirmative, vill the Government etaté nature and extent of auch liability, with particular regard to:
(a) Salaries, in respect of occupation period, of Government servants who were not interned and
(b) "Denial" claims ca the part of the public.
The proposed replies are as follows:--
A. The grant will have to be taken into general. revonne in accordance with established account proceedure,
proces
B. and C. The following are known outstanding
liabilities in round figures,
~ (a) Volunteers pay and pensions 85,750,000
✔ (b) Repatriation passages for non-officials
$1,525,000
85,686.000
(e) Payments to the Civil Defence workers
(d) Relier payments and advances made in Australia, Macao and Free China 88,222,000
(e) Re-instatement of note funds liquidated
by the enemy $10,360,000
(f) Salaries for non-interned officers during the occupation period 89,500,000
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