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THE WAR OFFICE,
Norfolk House,
St. James's Square,
S.W.1.
20th August, 1945.
De ar James,
Civilian Officials for Hong Kong
By way of keeping you informed, I I am writing this to let you know that 7 civilians (Colonial Office appointees seconded to the War Office) are leaving by air early tomorrow morning for the Far East, their ultimate destination being Hong Kong.
Am I right, please, in assuming that it will be the responsibility of the Colonial Office to obtain Treasury approval of the salaries proposed for civilians appointed to Hong Kong? I base this assumption on the fact that all such appointments will be made by the Colonial Office in the first place; moreover the military period is, I understand, likely to be of very short duration.
If, on secondment to the War Office for the military period, it should happen that the proposed salary in any particular case were higher than that paid by the Colonial Office, we should, of course, need to obtain Treasury sanction, but such cases will I think be rare.
R. James, Esq.,
Treasury
S.W.1.
Yours sincerely,
(Sgd.) W.J. WORTH.
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