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Secretary of State.
Two Resogts
DRAFT.LETTER
THE UNDER SECRETARY
OF STATE,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
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FURTHER ACTION.
Sir,
I am, etc., to transmit for the information
of Mr. Bevin the enclosed copy of a confidential
despatch dated 15th November from the Governor
of Hong Kong in which he requests that,
arrangements should be made for the secondment
to the Hong Kong Government) for a period of abou
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3 years of an officer of the Foreign Service to
serve as a Political Adviser on all questions
relating to Chinese Affairs external to the Colony, should be made available1
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2. Mr. Creech Jones trusts that Mr. Bevin
will agree with the Governor's recommendationa
and, in view of the importance of establishing
closer liaison between the Government of Hong Kon
and H.M. Embassy in Nanking and for increasing
Houg You the contacts between officials of the Colonial
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