Draft
TELEGRAM/*
* SAVINGRAM
* The word Priority may be entered here, If necessary.
To:-
Governor,
Hong Kong.
File No.
54126/14/50
Sent.
7
Lyper
C.O.
Mr.Palmer 27/3 38. Hall 23/3. Mr. Damaillon 24/3
Mr.
Sir
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
S. of S.
atome
Repeated to:-
(
Priority:-
Nil.
Treasing [M" "Manns) agrees).
opy urgently required.
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diate.
Atastixwroclixte.
200 hours.
24-3 1950
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To be transmitted :—
No.
422.
541 26/1/3/50
Glax
Code
Sxxbxx Cypher
Mapsteg No.
(Typex)
Secret
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the Paragraph 2 of my beleg
of my secret telegram
No. 709
/. Priority savingram being sent shortly setting out
in full various aspects of
referred to and
giving following information:-
CIVED
A.
24 MAR1950'
Tel. C.D.
In
Distribution:-
R. Marris (Trepany) Má Prema S. SIO) v 55-418/1/5-9 54/26/15/50
Further action:
B.
ぐ
Stores
three problems,
(i)/Supplied in B.M.A. period-£2,700,000.
C
This includes £800,000 for Siamese
free rice.
Stores
(ii)/supplied subsequent to B.M.A. period
£900,000.
Stores
(iii) supplied from India and Australia in both
periods £600,000.
(iv) Total £4,200,000.
< Stores
I
Purchased from £3,250,000 loan in aid
converted into grant in aid. See para.3 (b)
of my telegram 456 of 16th April, 1948.
Cost of purchases can presumably be readily
ascertained from Crown Agents accounts.
Financial arrangements already settled as
regards A and B above require that receipts from
sales should be paid over to H.M.G., and it is only
2.
as regards Siamese free rice and post-B.M.A. stores
Wt. 15855/745 5M 6-48 Wa. & Co. 51/3 Wt. 29377/790 50M 11-48 Wa & Co. 51/3.
(s. 3e /