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Colonial office,

Downing Street,

S.W.1.

13th September, 1940.

My dear Northcote,

You will be interested to

see this ready response which the Hong Kong authorities have made to your suggestion that the whole of the invested portion of the Exchange Fund in Hong Kong should be placed at the disposal of H.M.G. as a loan free of interest for the prosecution of the war. We are writing to the Treasury to secure their concurrence in

expressing grateful acceptance of the offer

I the which the Colonial Govt. has decided

to make.

Yours sincerely,

(Sgd.) G.E.J. Gent.

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