CO129-588-12 Military lands- arrangements for war period 20-2-1941 - 30-8-1941 — Page 15

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Insistence on payment of rental might also

prejudice the Colony's essential aim of securing vacation of the site by the War office at the earliest possible moment after the cessation of hostilities. In these circumstances the Colony's real interests would seem best served by accepting War Office proposal on the strict understanding that the site is vacated at the earliest possiblefoment after the cessation of hostilities, and I should be glad to learn whether you agree to my making a formal communication to the War Office on these lines.

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