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including denial Claims, has been agreed to be the
responsibility of the Malayan Governments, but His Majesty's Government have agreed to assist those
Governments in meeting this liability to the extent
that they are unable to do so out of their own resources.
For your own information, any other attitude in respect of denial Claims in Hong Kong would give rise to very
Moreover, His Majesty's
serious repercussions in Burma.
Government consider that there is no case to modify this
(E) attitude in the case of Hong Kong, having regard to the
considerable assistance which they are already giving that territory (6) to the
THE COUNCIL
2 In these circumstances, I do not repeat not consider
in elsewhe that you should make a spontaneous statement on the subject
fon of denial Claims in particular. If, however, you are
questioned on the subject, you should say that in so far as
there is a legal liability in respect of denial Claims, it
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will be met. either by the United Kingdom Government, or,
may be
by them (sex para abore) in cases where it is agreed that they should accept the liability, by the United Kingdom Service Departments.
could add that the examination of these claims will take
some time and that the total liability is not yet
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