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services I may point out:-
A.
That as Mr. Drayson works every day in
your office, and has done so since the question of my employment
was first raised, it is unfortunate that Mr. Drayson's ability
to do the work referred to and his willingness to undertake it
should not have been discovered until after I had been engaged
to do the work.
B.
That if this simple step had been taken
I should have been spared what every professional man would
regard as an affront, namely the receipt of an official request
to undertake certain work, a request made spontaneously by the
Government of Hongkong, stating the exact work to be done, the
time of performance and the fee to be paid, a request which I
granted merely cut of consideration for the courteous treatment
I hat received in Downing Street and the receipt within three
months of another official letter informing me that my services
are not required because another gentleman, who was at hand
when the proposal to me was first made and who could at any
time have been given the work, has undertaken to do it without
remuneration.
10.
As far as Mr. Drayson's part in this
matter is concerned two considerations appear to be in point;-
That as the letter engaging me to
A.
do the work bears Mr. Drayson's initials at the bottom he was
conversant in a very special and precise manner with the fact
that I was being engaged to do the work, and that it would have
been as well if he had convinced the Government of Hongkong of
his ability to do the work himself and assured them of his
willingness to do it without pay before instead of after
sending me the letter which requested me to undertake the task.
B.
That as I am informed that the card-
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