CO129-516-3 Military contribution of Colony assessmenet of contribution 13-3-1929 - 28-3-1930 — Page 7

adding the additional considerations in the

Treasury letter (it will be noted however

that the War Office do not want to send

the memorandum out as it is). It would

however be useful if we could define more

olely exactly how far the War Office are prepared to go in conceding the minor

claims for relief referred to above.

For

this purpose a Conference would be useful at which

and we can also find out exactly how much

of the memorandum can be passed on to Hong

Kong. I would suggest therefore that

a Conference should be arranged with the War

Office and Treasury and that we should then

take the line that we,here, do not wish to

press the 121% proposal against their opposition and are prepared to beton to the Case against it to Hong Kong; that we agree that the claim

to relief in respect of municipal and

revenue cannot be conceded, but that we should

press the other claims to relief on the lines

indicated above and should endeavour to get

the War Office to say exactly how far they

are prepared to go in conceding these claims,

in order that we may explain the position

exactly to Hong Kong.

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