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FROM CHINGKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE.
Sir H. Seymour.
8th May, 1945.
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D. 4. 40 p.m., 8th May, 1943.
R. 1. 20 a.m., 9th May, 1943.
Following from Sedwick for Colonial Office.
In all cases where Chinese on permanent pensionable establishment died after the fall of Hong Kong and before the settlement of 1942 when notice expired, is gratuity of one year's emoluments to be given to widow? See Far Eastern Department's letter F1559/17/10 to us of 29th March replying to case 15 of Chancery letter 605.
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2. Where such officers died after the settlement of 1942 but before reporting in Free China or receiving
I consider arrears of pay, what payments should be made? that grant of arrears of pay up to settlement plus full ad hoc allowance which officer might have drawn from 1st October 1942 to date of death would be equitable, followed by W. and O. pension. In most cases widow would be legal heir.
3. Can widows of officers on permanent pensionable establishment killed in action as volunteers be granted gratuity of one year's pensionable emoluments?
4. I should be grateful for scale of pension payments to widows of privates and N.C.0's of varicus ranks in British army together with allowances for children. Would you approve grant of pensions on this basis to 54106/119 widows of Hong Kong volunteers, supplemented if and
on
when necessary by artificial adjustment in rate of exchange to meet abnormal price conditions in China.
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