CO129-577-10 Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps- provision of equipment for mobilisation 31-1-1939 - 9-5-1939 — Page 18

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG HONG.

31st January, 1939.

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Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the

receipt of your despatch No.4 of 5th January, 1939, and to request that an expression of the high appreciation by the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps of the honour conferred upon it by His Majesty the King in graciously approving an alliance between the Royal Army Pay Corps and the Pay Section of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, may be conveyed to His

Majesty.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

(.Gd. Motherle

Governor.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,

&C.

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&c., &c.