CO129-485 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1924 [8-12] — Page 469

Gov. 53859 Hongkong.

Box

447

Downing Street,

(December, 1924.

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money ought to be paid but s

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magine it would come in

affespiration in and

are vote.

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LeRidgeman

94 for $285 sing. DRAFT.

Rt. Hon.W.C. Bridgeman.

M. P. etc.

etc.,

MINUTE.

Mr. Beckett 17.

Jit.

my Dean Willie

You will be glad to hear that

Hongkong have now made a definite offer

of £250,000 as a contribution towards the

enlargement of the Singapore base. I

enclose copies of the two telegrams I have

had from the Govemor. He is of course

quite right about the military contribu-

tion point, and I am writing to the

Chancellor and the War Office to get their

Mr.

Sir. J. Shuckburgh.

Sir O. Davis.

Sir G. Grindle.17.

Sir H. Lamber,t

bord Arnold.

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Mr. Mary. S. off. has

Zeen +approvid Luca 18/12

2 dfts, conson.

Rech 1.30 hor

In For UC 16 Dec

do

concurrence.

As soon as this is obtained

I propose to telegraph to Stubbs accepting

the offer gratefully in the name of His

Majesty's Government 曲

presume that

at the same time he can be officially told

in a separate telegram that the Admiralty

withdraw their objection to the Kowläon

Ferry Reclamation scheme?

Yours