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£A.302.5s.Od. are a charge on this Office vote,

and should apparently be paid direct to the

Australian authorities here.

Wan asking Australia

whether this is their intention.

Paras. 2 and 3 are being dealt with in this Office.

We had

No. 729. I am instructing the Crown Agents to

transfer from Hong Kong funds the sterling equivalent

of the amounts mentioned in para. 1 for the period

December/February. It is not clear whether the

£5,000 mentioned in para. 3 is sterling or Australian

We

and when I reply to these two telegrams I shall ask.

However that may be, it is a debit against the Colonial

Office Vote and on receipt of their reply Z will pay

over the money to the Hong Kong account.

Regarding para. 5 of your letter under reply,

our view is that all expenditure on Hong Kong evacuees

in Australie and New Zealand apart from family allotments

recoverable from officials salaries and where possible non-official's salaries is a charge on H. K. G. under the

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