C.O.
LETTER
ICENT
DRAFT AND RECORD COPY
REGISTERED No.
DATE.
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MR. N.L. Mayle.
MR.
MR.
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ENCLOSURES
FURTHER ACTION
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54145/45.
DⱭVER HOUSE
Dear Armstrong,
WHITEHALL, 3.4.1.
9th January, 1945.
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I enclose copy of a letter from the China Association to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies dated 22nd November, 1944 and of the previous letter to which it refers dated 27th May, 1943, stressing the importance of the retention of Hong Kong within the British Empire in the interests of British trade in China and suggesting the lines on which the question might be discussed with the Chinese.
with reference to the suggestion in the last paragraph of the letter dated 23rd November, 1944, the Association has been informed that the Secretary of State for the Colonies would be glad to have their views as to the selection of, say, two representatives of the Association who, in a personal and confidential
/capacity
E. A. ARMSTRONG 267 9619/343 20m. 5/44 C.N.LD. 748
WAR CABINET OFFICES.
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