CO129-573-15 Rebuilding of Government House 11-7-1938 - 30-9-1938 — Page 12

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C. O.

Mr. Rogers

Mr.

Mr.

Gent

Sir H. Moore.

Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

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7/8.38.

53934/38 Hong Kong.

Andy

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For Mr. Cowell's signature.

of

Permt. U.Ś. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

Confidential

5425.

SIR GEOFFRY NORTHCOTE, K.C.M.G.

Downing Street,

16 August, 1938.

My dear Northcote

Your proposals for the rebuilding

of Government House, set out in your

confidential (3) despatch of the 11th of

July, are being officially approved in a

despatch which goes by the same mail as

FURTHER ACTION.

this letter.

It occurred to us when your

proposals were being examined that it- doubt thought it

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han

would perhaps be advisable to consider,

having regard to the recent decisions on

Hong Kong defence, whether the designs of

the new Government House near Magazine

Gap need to be re-examined from the point

to

of view of Air Raid Precautions, on which

question much attention has been attracted

aspect much work has been done since the

original

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