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I should be
Whence/
how the craft concerned (both those on
the Ministry of Transport list and the
others) reached the Hong Kong Government, as
know,
t is
desirable to
In particular, is it possible for you
to say definitely whether:-
(a) they were craft ordered for, and
belonging to, the "Military Administration" (i. e. the Civil Affairs side, not the combatant side of the liberating forces) which were handed over to the
Civil Government on the termination
of the Military Administration?
or (b) they were ordered for the Military Administration, but did not reach the Colony until after Civil, Government had been restored?
or (c)
they belonged to the combatant
side of the liberating forces, who, having no use for them themselves, handed them over to the Military Administration, when they reached the Civil government as in (b) above?
or (d) they belonged to the combatant
side of the liberating forces, who, having no use for them, handed them over after the termination of the Military Administration direct to the givil Government?
glad to learn whether it is not suggested that detailed enquiries
އ
any information available locally
on the above
pouts.
should be entered into regarding the
provenance of individual vessels, but it
ecms possible that a reply can be given
covering the generality of them.
may
be
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