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Mr.

Mr.

R 20 JAN

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Delahunt. 20 1.32.

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Biddle 20 ts

Mr. Parkinson.

Mr. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

83796/31 Hong Kong.

Sir,

Downing Street,

21 January, 1932.

refer to

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DRAFT.

THE SECRETARY,

The CHINA ASSOCIATION.

I am etc. to acknowledge

the receipt of your letter of

(1) the 27th of November last, in

which the hope was expressed

that the decision of the Hong

Kong Government to pay the

salaries of Government servants

of exchange

at current rates without any

reduction of their sterling

2 JAN 1932

Copy w/c (1) toy for off.

amounts may be reconsidered,

and

to state that the

representations at forward ben

When

your letter have received es

careful consideration, that he

Secretary of State, however,

agrees with the Hong Kong

Government that the circum-

stances