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Sanctuary Buildings

Great Smith Street

London, S.W.1

30th January,1950

My dear Murray,

Ve have already sent over

to you a copy of Hong Kong Secret

5437650.telegram No.80 of the 24th January

in which the Governor says that he has no reason to doubt the suita- bility of Leslie Smith for the post of Representative of the Regional Information Office. This is just to confirm that we assume that you will now go ahead with the offer of this post to Leslie Smith.

Yours sincerely,

✓

(K. W. Blackburne)

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES

RALPH MURRAY, 152., C.M.G.,

Foreign Office

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