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So far as the claims by Hong Kong are concernod, then, may we expect the war office to make payent shortly on the basis of the interim settlemont of £12,500 for the war "upplies Board claim and £56,334 for the Railway claim, as set out in the attement attached to our saving to.235?
6. I am copying this, with enclosures, to Coates at the Foreign office and Atherton at the Treasury.
Yours sincerely,
(gul) H. P. Hall. K.P.
(H.P. Hall)
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