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OUTWARD TELEGRAM FROM S. OF 3. COLONIES.

Cypher (CTO

TO SINGAPORE (Sir P. Ginson)

Sent 18th February, 1949.

2.59 hrs.

3/6

JL DIATH

No. 156

Addressed to Gov. Singapore

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High Comissioner Federation of Melaya No. 216.

Commissioner-General No. 112.

(Singapore please pass)

Gov. Hong Kong, No. 203.

Abassador Nanking (via Foreign Office)

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Your telegrom No.152..

Following for Gimson from Paskin.

Begins.

We will do our best to let you have our comments. by 25th February, but I am not optimistic that this will be possible since there will be little time before that date to consider coments of those to whom your telegram was repeated.

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As an indication of the kind of issues involved we have in mind that the parallel action in the Federation to which you refer in your parsgraph 6 (i.e. presumably proscription of the Societies in question by the High Commissioner in Council under Section 8 of Ordinance No. 11 of 1947) would be much more drastic in its consequences than the action contemplated in Singapore (e.g. Section 14 of the Federal Ordin‹nce). Moreover could be taken High Commissioner would have to be zatisfied that the activities of each Society were such as to bring it within the purview of Section 8 (1).

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before such action

We hope that these pointe vill be covered in ine

replies from the Commissioner-General and High Comtssioner.

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We should also wish to have comments of Governor

Hong Kong es posible the

Ends.

(Copes sent to Pergagn Office for repetition to Narang)

Copies sent to

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Mr.

Dening. Scarlett.

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Mr. R.H. Scott.

Mr. P.D. Ceates.