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Mr
Palmer
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MrBourdillon
Mr. Wall 131 Mr. Parkin
Mr.
DRAFT. DESPATCH
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Your Reference 327/47c.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S.
For Treasury concurrence.
Minister of State
Secretary of State
Be stile
pape,
Sir,
GOVERNOR
FONG KONG
SECRET
Copy of No. 3.
FURTHER ACTION.
When issued, copy without copy of enclosure to
G.R.CAIRNS,M.C.,AR OFFICE. COL. L. G. ROBERTSON,0.B.E., FR
WAR OFFICE.] F. SEVERS, ADMIRALTY
- Rand
3.W.WARRAN, AIR MINISTRY. V.A.MITCHELL KINISTRY OF
TRANSPORT.
(83)
1948 file
I have the honour to refer to
your despatch No. 31 of 12th August
1948, on the subject of claims in
respect of vessels lost or damaged
owing to their having been used for
various purposes in 1941 in connection
with the defence of Hong Kong, and to
express regret at the delay in
replying thereto. I now take the
opportunity of enclosing a copy of a
despatch to the Federation of Malaya
dated 30th May, 1949, on the somewhat
similar problem in Malaya.
2. I consider that the same
lines should be followed in dealing
with this problem in Hong Kong as I
- have sugested in the enclosed
despatch should be followed in
Malaya. Briefly those lines are:-
(i) "denial" claims, on grounds of
fairness, should be dealt
with on the same basis as
claims in respect of general
war damage, no special
preference being given to
clairs