CO129-509-8 Military Contributions- claim for relief 24-2-1928 - 15-12-1928 — Page 38

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EXTRACT from a letter from The Right Honourable

Sir L.Worthington Evans to Mr. Amery.

Dated 30th November, 1928.

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I see no logical ground for altering the

present agreement but if you, with the concurrence of

the local people, put forward an offer from them of

17% as a final settlement of this vexed question,

then, on the understanding (1) that, with this

further safeguard of the Colony's interest, there will

be no question as to how far the troops in the Straits

Settlements are there for local or for Imperial purposes

or of excluding any part of their cost from calculation

of the Colonial military contribution, (2) that you

agree that the circumstances are so different in the

cases of the Straits and Hong Kong that this concession

to the former will offer no ground for a similar

concession to the latter, if such should be claimed

by Hong Kong, I would accept, subject to the concurrence

of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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