CO129-589-20 Evacuation- financial arrangements 26-7-1941 - 3-1-1944 — Page 63

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K.7717/6623/245.

FOREIGN OFFICE,

S.W.1.

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12th August, 1941.

sir,

With reference to Colonial Office letter 16645/5/41 of the 1st August, concerning the evacuation of British subjects from Hong Kong, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Eden to transmit herewith to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Consul-General at Manila, enclosing an account of expenditure incurred in this connexion. The original despatch is presumed to have been lost in transit, together with the relevant supporting documents; but it is understood that copies of the latter were also transmitted to the naval, military and civil authorities in Hong Kong.

2. Mr. Eden is unaware what steps, if any, were taken by the

competent THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,

COLONIAL OFFICE.

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