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I am i receipt of your menorandum dated 18.7.47 and I regret to learn of the confusion as enumerated in the initial vara. of samo.
I wish to o int out that all dealings in this most unjust subject have been conducted in accordance with the H.E. 7overnment General Orders and in the appropriate manner by nyeelf on behalf of the "-"AR officers, and by their full approval.
Now I an to understand that Government who have created these such orders have violated them by not forwarding Our petition:
If we committed a breach of the General Order concerned no doubt drastic action would be taken, therefore I trust that this will be brought to t e notice of the Rt. Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies for this is an infringe- ment of the Rights allowed all of His Majesty's Subjects under the Bill of Rights:
I am unable to accept the explanation given and I would point out that in your memorandum dated 28.12.46., para 2 states:-
I am to make clear that Government cannot discuss any revision of the terms in the memorandum."
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As a result of this. announcement it left us no other course than to bear this in mind when we prepared our reply as. contained in my memorandus dated 29.1.47. This memorandum of m mine concluded by saying, the issue involved being one for the consideration of Governuent, we trust that this will be forward- ed to the proper authorities. **
Ae this reoly did not receive the proner consideration
it was requested that our reoly be forzarded to the Rt. Hon. ecretary of State at the same tine anticipating that other espondance arising out of same would accompany our reply to Secre@try of State: /
our
I approached y ́u to know if our reply
been forvarded ani as
promised a reply:
(petition )
you were not in a position to infora më Your nenorandum dated 20.3.47. states: #itu reference to your verbal enquiry concerning the petition submitted by the pre-war Inspectorate, I am informed by the Secretariat tuat it nag been,sent to the 3 of S. 11
nile in your memorandum dayed 13tn. February 1947,
orial No. 482, para (c) states:-
11 the question of salaries will be dealt with by tne palories Commission to which your proposals will be submitted.
This is the only subject ( Salaries) that was discussed by me when I appeared before tue Salaries Commission, therefore I would like to be informed as to who ventilated this subject before tue selaries Commission and no gave sutuority to do so especially when the subject matter had reacned a stage where discussion and decision rested between the Rt. Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies and myself on behalf of the PRE-WAR Officers.
Pars. 2 informs me that the memo, addressed to De Committee. I take this to mean your memo. dated 20.3.47. f.so, then I rish to point out that this am all other memorandu 18 were addressed to and from myself. I should also like to K OF 88 to what Committee this para refers to.
I would also like to be informed as to how
e misapprehension arose.
The withdrawal of tne said memo. is I taing matter for furtner discussion more so until the whole subject itter is cleaned up, and we receive our just rights as assured r. Secretary Hall's letter and other points relative to our ntracts. I should also like to point out that the cancell-
on of Special emo. No. 50 of 1941 by Hong Kong Police