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Mr. Galsworthy 24/6/47
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT. LETTER.
A.L. Scott
HIIDON, ESQ.,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
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Your Reference...
For Mr. Galsworthy's signature
June, 1947.
copy of new revise of draft despatch
(65)
FURTHER ACTION.
Scott
Dear teeny
Constitutional changes in Hong Kong
It is I am afraid necessary for us to
trouble you with yet a further draft of our
Hong Kong Constitution despatch. We discussed
today.
Sir Mark Young at some length
Kilsm
the draft enclosed in my letter to you of the
18th June, and as a result of that discussion
have incorporated in the draft a fair number
of amendments. These are now shown as sidelined
passages in the revised version enclosed with
this letter.
The amendments which are likely to be of
most interest to the Foreign Office are those
now shown in paragraphs 3(a), 3(b), 3(c) and 3(f).
Those to paragraphs 3(a) and 3(f) are, I think,
self-explanatory. The reason for including the
new paragraphs 3(b) and 3(c) is that it trans-
pired in our discussion with Sir Mark Young that
49) the last paragraph of his secret telegram No.817
of the 13th May was received here corrupt, and
that he is opposed to the notion of making any
amendments at this stage to his despatch No.145
of
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