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OUTWARD TELEGRAM
FROM S. OF 8., COLONIES.
TO HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)
Sent 15th January, 1950.
21.15 hrs.
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No.71 Secret and Personal.
Begins.
Following secret and personal from Paskin.
Your Secret despatch No.37 of 22nd December
and previous correspondence.
1.
Constitution.
Proposals in your Secret despatch No.28 of 25th August have now been considered by Secretary of State, who is in general agreement with them. They have however not yet been cleared with Foreign Office ́sud Ministry of Defence,
In view of time which hae unavoidably elapsed during consideration of your recommendations and having regard to present situation in Hong Kong, we should be grateful for your confirmation by telegram that you
ત still considor that this matter of cometitutional reform 16 gent
3.
You will appreciate, however, that forthcoming General Eleation may make consultation with Ministers were difficult on anything except the most argent buainese. This may well operate to delay Pinal decisiona on pour proposals. Ends,
No comments yet.
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