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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
....Palmer
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・Mayle Slugty.
DRAFT. LETTER
A.R.C.FLEMING, ES
B/TRADE (address at No.10)
27.11.46
107
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Copy of No.5A on this file and all enclosures/
22/55087/6/457
23/55089/6/457 FURTHER ACTIÓN.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State. Jur M. Chalmerssegnant
Dear Fleming,
1. With reference to your letter of 3rd April
1947 (2143/47) I propose to telegraph to Hong Kong
asking for the required information and a copy of
the telegram will be coming to you separately. In
this conmction I enclose a copy of a despatch
(with enclosures) dated 27.11.46 from Hong Kong
dealing with the subject of companies registration.
I fear that we have not yet answered the despatch
owing to pressure of work, illness, etc., but you
would doubtless wish to see it in advance of any
comments we may wish to make after we have completed
our examination of the despatch. There appear to
be several points in it upon which we shall have
to ask for the advice of the Board of Trade. It is
clear however that the Governor would prefer to defer any general revision of the Hong Kong Companies
Ordinance until he has clarified certain difficul-
ties relating to China Companies.
2. The Military Proclamation No.27 (No.13,
Vol.2), a copy of which was enclosed in Mayle's
letter of 26th April 1946, provided for the
registration in Hong Kong of China Companies which
had not transferred their registration to any part
of the British Empire. By the addition of Article
4A which the Governor proposed to add to the
Proclamation (vide paragraph 16 of his despatch).
such a Company need not maintain a registered
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