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Tel. No.: Whitehall 7000

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,

STOREY'S GATE,

S.W.I.

8th December 1950

Dear Hall,

Thank you for your letter of lst

December about the constitutional position

in Hong Kong.

Your proposed draft reply to the

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Governor of Hong Kong has been considered in

the Ministry of Defence, and we can see no

military grounds for objecting to these

proposals.

H.P. Hall, Esq.,

Colonial Office.

Yours sincerely P.

Наушал

P.T: Hay man

M.BB

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