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INWARD TELEGRAM

TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES,

JI XU

50 1947

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lit

COPY FOR REGISTRATION

REPICTS

MA TIN ΠΛ

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D. 15th August, 1947. R. 15th

FROM HONG KONG (Sir A. Groni

RECEIVED

09.00 hra,

19

No. 1323.

2.

Your despatch No. 222 of 3rd July.

Constitutional changes.

Necessary draft legislation for

Municipal Council is now being printed and will soon be in readiness for considoration in Executive Council.

3. It is, however, desirable that

before such consideration I should receive further observations on the question of

external control of Municipality forecast in paragraph 3 (o) of your despatch under

reference.