CO129-592-6 Reports on current situation- including weekly intelligence reports 18-9-1945 - 20-12-1945 — Page 19

You say in your letter that the supply machinery must back you up from outside. We quite agree and

that we are trying to do. You know of course that, until

the Civil Administration takes oven procurement, of supplies

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is a matter for the War Office and I am accordingly sending

a copy of your letter to the Secretary of State for War.

As for the immediate post-military period, we are working

on the Young Report as a basis. Indents for procurement

have been sent to the Crown Agents for the Colonies and

from them

these supplies obtained from them will, we trust, be

supplemented by supplies of consumer goods coming in through

normal commercial channels.

let me

In conclusion will say again that Hong Kong and our

other Far Eastern territories are naturally very much in

and

my mind at the moment and that I am most grateful to you

for your interesting and esmmunicative letter.

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