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From the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Toe Officer Administering the Government of HONG | ONG.
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Febriary, 1949.
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Your sevi.grum o. 627 of loth september 1940.
Requisitioned Railway Materials.
1. In view of the further delay which is likely to occur before the Chinese Government's claims can be settled (see paragraph 4 below) thear office have agreed to proceed to a separate settlement of the war Supplies Board and the Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) claims, particulars of which were given in Appendices A and D to sir Mark Young's despatch No.80 of 17th April 1947. 1 enclose for your consideration state deut giving details of the immediate settlement which the . r office are prepared to recommend and I should be grateful for your observations on this.
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2. In the case of the er Supplies Toard claim (which is for freight and 2 comi:sion) à final settlement cannot, because of the co mission element in it, be reached until the other claius, Chinese and british, have been finally settled. The or office howover suggest on interim aetileme.t or $12,500 which represents approximately 2. commission on the admitted Kowloon- Canton Railway (British Section) and Chinese claims as rovulued by the war office plus the clain for freight.
3. bo far as the British Section's claim is concerned, no difficulties arise over Itoma 1 and 2 which are agreed at the figures cleimed. be ar Office have added two further items which we.c not included in the claim and are shown in the enclosed state ont as Additional Items 4 and 5.
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