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altogether the words "instead of restricting the franchise to British

subjects only". A slight amendment was also made to the addition to

paragraph 5 which had been proposed by Sir A. Grantham by substituting

"also, would no doubt," for "might also".

Mr Platin South that them amendment wit

Sir A. Grantham then joined the meeting.

may for

the of, to be refered Singapore before

Mr. Cook explained to Sir A. Grantham that a few minor amendments

had been made to the despatch of which he had already received a copy,

and these amendments were read out to Sir A. Grantham who agreed with them.

He was asked whether he still thought it would be necessary to send the

draft of the despatch to Mr. Nicoll. He thought it would be wiser to do

Incase

this a Mr. Nicoll's advisers in Hong Kong might wish to suggest a few

minor amendments to the despatch.

It was agreed that a semi-official letter should be sent to Mr.Nicoll

asking for his comments on the despatch and magi

Explaining

in that the proposals we expected to receive as a

result of further consideration of the case in Hong Kong would be those

on the lines brought to the United Kingdom by Sir A. Grantham with the

addition of a further build-up of the Urban Council. Mr. Paskin pointed

out that this was based on the assumption that the Secretary of State

would be prepared to accept, eventually, proposals similar to those

brought home by the Governor already discussed in detail here. Mr. Cook

agreed to discuss the whole question with the Secretary of State.

Helall

21/7/50.

Colonial Office.