CO129-589-20 Evacuation- financial arrangements 26-7-1941 - 3-1-1944 — Page 45

In any further communication on this subject, please quote

No. K 7717/6623/245.

and address-

not to any person by name but to--

The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

London, S.W.1.

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Foreign Office.

S.W.1.

15th February, 1943.

Sir,

I am directed by Mr. Secretary Eden to refer to Colonial Office letter (54058/4) of 2nd October, 1942 about the expenditure

incurred by His Majesty's Consul- General at Manila in connexion with the evacuation of civilians from Hong Kong and to enquire whether a decision has yet been reached on this question.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

A strmem

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.