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P.W.S.Y. Scarlett, Esq.,
Foreign Office.
To Gov. tel.347 (35) From Gov. tel.309 (37 From Gov.
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From H.K. Desp.No.14
(No.18 on
54463/49)
From Malaya tel.486 (40)
Copy comps. (w/encls. to R.H. Scott, Esq. F.0. S.H.E. Burley, Esq. H.0. J.P. Gibson, Esq. C.R.0. D.I.A. Hamblen, Esq. M.I.5. Copy also for
54463/49 H.K.
SECRET IMEDIATE
With reference to our discussion on
24th March, I enclose further telegraphic
correspondence with the Governor of
Singapore about the proposal to "ban"
Malayan branches of foreign political
parties. I also enclose a copy of a
despatch from Hong Kong enclosing a copy
of the Bill which the Governor wishes to
introduce there.
Subsequently to this
correspondence we have received a further
telegram from Hong Kong asking for an
early reply, since the Governor considers
that the introduction of the Bill should
not be delayed, and a telegram from the
Federation of Malaya, or which I also
enclose a copy, from which you will see
that the H.C. wishes to introduce his
Bill (on the lines of the Singapore
Ordinance on the 19th of May.
We therefore hope that it will now
be possible to deal with these matters
without further delay.
2. You will see that in Singapore the
Governor's proposal amounts to this: that
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