CO129-590-27 Ex-employees of Hong Kong Government- relief payments and allowances 27-3-1942 - 16-8-1943 — Page 63

magards officers

the Japanese, a statement of the Colomal office

under cover of my policy was sent to

you

letter 55138 of the 19t march for your concurrence and transmission to Chungking.

We

to further agree that contributors to the W. B. Pensions Scheme should be given guarantee that pensions will be paid if and when the occasion arises. Contributions cannot be refunded to married men but the refund of a half

the contributions made by bachelors should be made where pof sufficient evidence to establish brona fideo is available:

of

lodged Refunds of security deposits with this

servants

A

Govt. of Itong Kong may also be made under the safeguards described by hi. Sedgwick. We note that H.M. Ambassador

rade no comment on

As the suggestion mards by some senior civil

Servants

and endorsed by Sedgwick, that an initial grant of C.N. $5000 and a sum of C.N. $1000 per mensem should be authorised for the rent of premeses for a Civil Servants' Association This project would appear to have many advantages in that it would help to maintain morale and possibly be of

work assistance to Sedgwick in his, and own

S. of S. is agreable to this expenditure

if the Ambassador considers the scheme

to be worth while.

Yours sincerely,