CO129-565-14 Vacancy for air raid precaution officer. Includes 1 photograph depicting- Douglas Berwick Maitland- applicant for... 15-11-1937 - 8-2-1938 — Page 48

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Mr. Chopping 12/2/37. Mr. Major Furset. 23.12.

Mr. Gent.

Sir H. Moore.

23

Sir G. Tomlinson.

53871/37 Hong Kong,

49

27 December,1937.

Sir C. Bottomley,

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permi. U.S. of S.

Parly, U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT. Couron

P

WING COMMANDER WARBURTON M.B.E

I enclose a copy of a despatch

which the Secretary of State has

received from the Governor of Hong Kong

requesting that steps should be taken as soon as possible

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to select an Air Raids Precaution

Officer for the Colony.

Commülter

Impuial

Defence

The Governor asks for an Officer

1 and enclosure.

trained and experienced in such work.

None of the possible candidates on our

lists in the Colonial Office have such

qualifications and we should be very

grateful if you could give us any

advice or assistance in selecting

a suitable officer as soon as possible.

If you think that it would be

seune me sources of

impossible to maruit an officer

with the training required perhaps

FURTHER ACTION.

you

(*8UI—150)

Wt. 13952-47

10,000

6/37 T.S.