F.4185/14
Crook 28/9/50
xxxMiss Storar
LETTER
R.G. Britten, Esq.,
New Delhi.
N/T05
Dear Britten,
Will you please refer to a letter
Pol.17247/49 of the 26th October, 1949 which
was sent from this office to the Government
of India about the contemplated constitutional
changes in Hong Kong; it described new
proposals embodied in a resolution passed by
the Legislative Council in June, 1949 and
indicated that these were under consideration.
We have not written to the Government of
India since our letter referred to above but
since then we have several times been asked
by them what further progress has been made;
their interest centres on the desire of the
Indian community in Hong Kong for special
representation in the Legislative Council.
Correspondence has hitherto been direct with
the Government of India, but we should prefer
it to take place in future through you. We
should therefore be grateful if you would reply
to the Government of India's latest letter, a
copy of which is attached together with a copy
of their previous letter.
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Your reply should be limited in substance
to a mere statement that the whole problem of
constitutional reform in Hong Kong is at
present under review, that the interest of the
Government of India in this matter is not being
overlooked and that further information will
be sent to the Government of India as soon as
possible.
For your own information the
problem/