54463/49
OUTWARD TELEGRAM
FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES.
Cypher (0.T.P.)
TO HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)
Seat 8th April 1949. 21.15 hrs.
7/12
IMMEDIATE No.373
Secret.
Addressed to Governor, Hong Kong
Repeated to Commissioner-General, Singapore No.207
"Governor, Singapore, No.348 (COLCOM
please pass copy to Governor
#1
" High Commissioner, Federation of Malaya
No.423
" 1.M.Ambassador, Nanking (via Foreign Office)
13/16
Your telegram No.311.
Foreign Polisical Parties.
As you will have seen from my telegram No.206 to Commissioner-General, repeated to you as my No. 372 various legal complications are under consideration here.
As these may also arise in relation to the
•
Hong Kong Ordinance, I should prefer that introduction of Bill in Hong Kong should be deferred until I have had time to consider it and to consult further with you. Bill has not yet arrived.
(Coples sent to Foreign Office for repetition to
Banking)
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