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DRAFT. LETTER.
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Secretary of State.
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Copied & Desp. 6/6
CONFIDENTIAL
th
June, 1947.
L.N. HELSBY, ESQ.,
Dear Helsby,
TREASURY.
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copy of draft despatch
Draft telegram 'B'
Draft telegram 'C'
FURTHER ACTION.
Constitutional changes in Hong Kong
We sent you a copy of our secret savingram
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to Hong Kong No.32 of the 29th April, the draft
of which was agreed with you, and you have also
had copies of Sir Mark Young's reply, in his
secret telegram No.817 of the 13th May, and of
our further telegram to the Acting Governor,
No.875 of the 1st June, in which we put to him
a proposal for widening the present franchise
qualifications.
As I think you know, the intention is
that Sir Mark Young's despatch No. 145 of the
22nd October last, which contains his
recommendations for the establishment of a
Municipal Council and a revision of the
constitution of the Legislative Council, should
be published in Hong Kong together with the
Secretary of State's official despatch in reply
as soon as the latter has been sent. We have,
as you know made a very close and detailed
examination of Sir Mark Young's recommendations,
and this has inevitably taken some considerable
time. We feel, however, that we have now
reached