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East Indies Government will not be of

considerable value to the Government

of North Borneo.

(1)

fill,

by the Court.

(VI)

d

no doubt, be duly considered

(VII)require no comment.

9. In order to be able to take

an effective part at such a Conference

as that proposed by the Advisory

Committee, it is essential that the

British Delegation should be fully

acquainted with the local conditions

of the Far Eastern Colonies and

Protectorates so far as they affect

the due observance of the Convention,

and with the views of the Governments

concerned as to what measures for the

more effective observance of Part II

of the Convention, are practicable

in their respective territories.

I am accordingly to request

that immediate steps may be taken

to examine the Advisory Committee's

suggestions in relation to the conditions

obtaining in North Borneo, either by the

appointment of a local Committee (as

suggested in paragraph

6

of this

letter) or otherwise as the Court may

determine and that His Grace may be

furnished by the end of May at latest informatio

with a memorandum (for the Interm

of the British delegation to the proposed Watemahmot Conference) containing a full expression

of the views of the Court on the

suggestions which have been made, and

submitting any alternative suggestions

which the Court may consider to be of

value.

10.

It has also been suggested

to Ilia Grace (who agrees) that the

British Delegation should include

officers from the FarEastern Colonies and

Protectorates, who are fully acquainted

with the problem as it exists in their

various territories and with the views

of their respective Governments. He

would

suggestions

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