CO129-498-24 Honorary Cadet R. Ho Tung- application for training in the Royal Tank Corps 12-11-1926 - 19-1-1927 — Page 22

I know nothing of this lad, but presumably

he is a son or relative of Sir Robert Ho Tung. Nor do

I know whether the War Offide definition of "foreign"

incluues colonial British subjects of non-European race.

Can you tell me who the boy is and how he came to be sent to Woolwich? I should also be glad of your views as to his being allowed to take the course. I suppose he isnt

training to be a Tuchun?

Yours sincerely,

(44) Beckett

P.S. As this has taken rather a long time to come through, I should be glad if you could let me have an early reply.

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