[456B] Wt. 32483/800 100m. 11/48 C.N.Ld. 748
C. O.
Mr..
Fairclough
Mr. Palmer
Mr.
Mr....
Mr..
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Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S.
Minister of State
Secretary of State
Your Reference........
DRAFT. Letter
LT. COL. SEYMOUR, O. B. E.,
WAR OFFICE,
INSPECTOR OF LANDS,
NUFFIELD HOUSE,
PICADDILLY.
For Ine danclough's signature
Dear Seymour,
14 March 1950
Will you please refer to Hall's
(13) on-/49 letter of 5th January 1950 about claims
arising from the requisitioning of
on 1/40 without end:
Copy of (16) Copy of (1) opposite
FURTHER ACTION.
railway materials in Hong Kong in 1941.
In paragraph 2 of his letter he mentioned
*
that in connection with the point at
issue between the war office and Hong
Kong relating to work done on 600
rallway wagons we proposed to contact
Lt. Col. Walker who was manager of the
railway in 1941. This has now been
done and I enclose for your information
copies of Hall's letter to
Col. Walker and of Col. Walker's reply.
From the reply you will see that,
relying upon his memory of the facts
of the matter, Col. Walker comes down
emphatically in favour of Hong Kong's
view as to the amount of work done on
the wagons. Whilst we realise that we
cannot claim Col. Walker's recollections
as evidence in the strict sense we do
feel that they add considerable weight
to the view on the matter which Hong Kong
has wondentity expressed and we hope
that