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DRAFT.

The Secretary of the

Army Council.

Sir,

Long Hong

W.0./6402.

300

Downing Street,

12 March, 1904.

MINUTE.

Mr. Stubbs 4/3

Mr. Johnson 4

Mr. Antrobus.

Mr. Cox.

1 Mr. Lucas.

Mr. Graham.

Sir M. Ommanncy,

The Duke of Marlborough, Mr. Lyttelton. 10

promo

I am directed by Mr. Secretary

Lyttelton to acknowledge the receipt of your

letter of the 23rd of February, 065/3982

(M.S.1), on the subject of the administration

of the Government of Hong Kong in the absence

of the Governor.

2. The observations made in the fourth

and subsequent paragraphs of your letter

appear to Mr. Lyttelton to be based on a mis-

apprehension. The importance of the Colonies,

or, as they are styled in your letter, the

fortresses of Bermuda, Malta and Gibraltar

is almost entirely strategical and this fact

places them in a wholly different category

a wishes

to see the draft

from

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DRAFT. The Secretary of the Army Council. Sir, Long Hong W.0./6402. 300 Downing Street, 12 March, 1904. MINUTE. Mr. Stubbs 4/3 Mr. Johnson 4 Mr. Antrobus. Mr. Cox. 1 Mr. Lucas. Mr. Graham. 4 Sir M. Ommanncy, 7 The Duke of Marlborough, Mr. Lyttelton. 10 promo I am directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd of February, 065/3982 (M.S.1), on the subject of the administration of the Government of Hong Kong in the absence of the Governor. 2. The observations made in the fourth and subsequent paragraphs of your letter appear to Mr. Lyttelton to be based on a mis- apprehension. The importance of the Colonies, or, as they are styled in your letter, the fortresses of Bermuda, Malta and Gibraltar is almost entirely strategical and this fact places them in a wholly different category a wishes to see the draft from

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DRAFT. he Secretary of the Army Council. Sir, Long Hong W.0./6402. 300 Downing Street, 12 March, 1904. MINUTE. Mr. Stubbs 4/3 Mr. Johnson 4 Mr. Antrobus. Mr. Cox. 1 Mr. Lucas. Mr. Graham. 4 Sir M. Ommanncy, 7 The Duke of Marlborough, Mr. Lyttelton. 10 promo I am directed by Mr.Secretary Lyttelton to acknowled-e the receipt of your letter of the 23rd of February, 065/3982 (M.S.1), on the subject of the administration of the Government of Hong Kong in the absence of the Governor. 2. The observations made in the fourth and subsequent paragraphs of your letter appear to Mr.Lyttelton to be hased on a mis- apprehension. The importance of the Colonies, or, as they are styled in your letter, the fortresses of Bermuda, Malta and Gibraltar is almost entirely strategical and this fact f places them in a wholly different category a vishes to see the draft from

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