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particular question of "hangover" stores.
fully realise the difficulty in all the
I
circunstances in arriving at even an approximate
estimate of the amounts involved both on this
particular point and on the points referred to below
but nevertheless it is essential that such an
attempt should be made in order that both
Goverments may be aware of the approximate amount s
involved in a settlement.
3.
keceipts by the Government of Hong Kong
in respect of BA supplies, and from the
supplies referred to in the previous paragraph,
probably cannot be separated from a strict
sccounting point of view, from receipts from the
sale of mapplies purchased with the assistance of
His Majesty's Government "loans in aid" subsequently
converted into a free grant, referred to in
paragraph 3(b) of my telegram No. 456 of 16th April
1948.
far as information on the above points
is available in this country the position appears
to be approximately as follows 1-
Aa
(1) Cost of relief stores
supplied from U.K.
during the B.il.A. period
(The item of "Siam zioe
(11)
£794, 123-11-7" on the enclosed statement includes a man of £516,700 as the value of the "Siamese free rice" referred to in para, 4 of this savingram).
Oost of relief stores mapplied from Usta
£ (millions)
subsequent
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