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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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