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I think so.
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They burk any letters they think fit,
distribute them or
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hold them, or acquire a lot of useful information before the Secretary knows anything about it. It must
be so - That is so, is it not
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Suppose a letter is burked by this man,
cone and see me.
the writer would
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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It does not alter my statement. The letters can be held, destroyed, made use of by Chinese in the employment • a subordinate clerk in the Department,
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before a responsible officer knows that letter has been
in the office.
Yes, I think so.
And do you think that is a system you could possibly 14580
defend under any circumstances whatsoever. Can you
justify it as a business mun ?
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The only way it can be justified is that the letters are at once entered up, as soon as they come into the office, and I have received no complaints.
Reference:-
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RECORD OFFICE, LONDON RECED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITH- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH - NOT TO BE OF THE PUBLIC
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Do you think that that is any justification at all ↑
that Dont you think that if you (or the X. o. x.)" of warding lesso
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the same system might be carried through after you had inspected the letters, not after they had been inspected
by a Chinese clerk ?
It might be done.
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Can you justify the correspondenos of a large Department spending half a million of dollars a year baing opaned by a Chinese clerk, before the correspondence has passed through the hands of a Buropean responsible Officer. That question must be answered definitaly, I am speaking as a business man," who deals with an pror- mous amount of correspondence, nan they not be as waji
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