CO129-325 - Public Offices & Others - 1904 — Page 361

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I wish

Mr Fidler

would see 3- Brade

You about Ettis &

that they

Are

find out what it is Missatisfied about CPL.

I have spoken to Mr Hun.

Proceed

Gay

in my

minate

al once

Pr. 24

Page 24

Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to-

The Secretary,

War Office,

London, S.W.,

and the following number quoted.

34125 1 358

War Office, 23 SEP 04

Hong Kong 8/131. (F.W.3.)

22nd

Sir,

London, S.W.

September, 1904.

With reference to your letter dated 1st

700 instant, (30471/1904), relative to military lands at Hong

Kong, I am commanded by the Army Council to acquaint

you, for the information of Mr. Secretary Lyttelton,

that the offer put forward by the Governor of Hong Kong

in the telegram a copy of which accompanied your letter under reply is not regarded favourably by the Council.

The Army Council agrees with Mr. Secretary

Lyttelton that it is desirable to effect a settlement of

this and other questions which have been so long outstanding; and as it seems probable that the difficulty

of arriving at an understanding is due in great measure to the fact that the situation can only be thoroughly appreciated by inquiry conducted locally, the Council proposes to appoint a specially competent officer to proceed to Hong Kong to investigate the matters at issue and to endeavour, in consultation

with the Governor and the local military authorities, to arrive at some conclusions upon the various the Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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I wish Mr Fidler would see 3- Brade You about Ettis & that they Are find out what it is Missatisfied about CPL. 24 I have spoken to Mr Hun. Proceed Gay in my minate al once Pr. 24 Page 24 Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to- The Secretary, War Office, London, S.W., and the following number quoted. 34125 1 358 War Office, 23 SEP 04 Hong Kong 8/131. (F.W.3.) 22nd Sir, London, S.W. September, 1904. With reference to your letter dated 1st 700 instant, (30471/1904), relative to military lands at Hong Kong, I am commanded by the Army Council to acquaint you, for the information of Mr. Secretary Lyttelton, that the offer put forward by the Governor of Hong Kong in the telegram a copy of which accompanied your letter under reply is not regarded favourably by the Council. The Army Council agrees with Mr. Secretary Lyttelton that it is desirable to effect a settlement of this and other questions which have been so long outstanding; and as it seems probable that the difficulty of arriving at an understanding is due in great measure to the fact that the situation can only be thoroughly appreciated by inquiry conducted locally, the Council proposes to appoint a specially competent officer to proceed to Hong Kong to investigate the matters at issue and to endeavour, in consultation with the Governor and the local military authorities, to arrive at some conclusions upon the various the Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office. Page 25 ... ... Page 26

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I wish Mr Fidder would see 3- Brade You about Ettis & that they Are find out what it is Missatisfied about CPL. 24 Thave spoken to Mhun. Proceed Gay in my minate al once Pr. 24 Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to- The Secretary, War Office, London, S.W., and the following number quoted. 34125 1 358 War Office, 23 SEP 04 Hong Kong 8/131. (F.W.3.) 22nd Sir, London, S.W. September, 1904. With reference to your letter dated 1st 700 instant, (30471/1904), relative to military lands at Hong Kong, I am commanded by the Army Council to acquaint you, for the information of Mr. Secretary Lyttelton, that the offer put forward by the Governor of Hong Kong in the telegram a copy of which accompanied your lett er under reply is not regarded favourably by the Council. The Army Council agrees with Mr. Secretary Lyttelton that it is desirable to effect a settlement of this and other questions which have been so long out- standing; and as it seems probable that the difficulty t of arriving at an understanding is due in great measure to the fact that the situation can only be thoroughly appreciated by inquiry conducted locally, the Council proposes to appoint a specially competent officer to proceed to Hong Kong to investigate the matters at issue and to endeavour, in consultation with the Governor and the local military authorities, to arrive at some conclusions upon the various the Under Secretary of State, outstanding Colonial Office.

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