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Your Reference.
CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT
PRIORITY SAVINGRAM for Treasury.
concurence
W.0.
0.A.G. HONG KONG
1.
Reference items.
SAVING
NO.
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discuss
(1)
"Estimate of C.A.
Supplies
da
Hong Kong
(No. 4 on this
file)
FURTHER ACTION
A/cs (S. 319)
Ty. W.0.
paragraph 2 of
sale of relief olores,
"
my savingram No.409 regarding the forthcoming
over" stores and "Siamese
free nice on a possible supplementary financial settlement
"Lang
between H. M.G. and Hong Kong.
2. In paragraph 6 of my telegram No. 456 of 16th April,
1948 I stated that further discussions would take place
between H.M.G. and Hong Kong on the apportionment of the
expenditure incurred on goods supplied by H.M.G. after
Cice
"Lang-over" stores)
civil government had been established.
It would be
useful if Follows could bring with him the best
appreciation possible in the circumstances of the manner
in which the stores in question were disposed of e.g. by
sale (the proceeds of which have already been paid over to
H.M.G.), possibly by free distribution, and by retention for
Government use. The points referred to below have also
some relevance to this question even
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a separate eccestor of "hangerer "stams. decision may be reached on this particular point. I fully
realise the difficulty in all the circumstances in arriving
at even an approximate estimate of the amounts involved
both on this particular point and on the points referred to
it is esssutal that such below but nevertheless I should be grateful if an attempt
could be made in order that both Government's may
inware of the
3.
be
approx cate amoual's convolved
a settlement Receipts by the Government of Hong Kong in respect of
B.M.A. supplies, and from the supplies referred to in the
previous paragraph, probably cannot be separated from a
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