To: Sir George Gator
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not be due to the removal of what is fashionably called the strong hand of military government. They will be due to inevitable reactions overtaking us: we have kept skipping one jump ahead so far, but it won't last.
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The time I spent in America reinforced my distrust of crusades. All the same, there is in the air here a genuine, if vague, desire for something new. A glance at the enclosed cutting shows the present temper very well and how even cynical newspaper men clutch at any straw indicating change. He will be a very popular man who first announces the plans for municipal government in Hong Kong, and it occurs to me that the new Governor (whoever he is) would do well to bring out in his pocket some official announcement of these plans, in however preliminary a form. It would get him off to a good start.
One final thing. I promised Follows to mention his position to you. He is doing excellently here and has got a grip of the financial end in about a quarter of the time you would reasonably expect, considering the complications. He seems to me quite first class. is not fussing but he wonders whether any indication as to his future is yet possible, so that he could begin to think about domestic arrangements. He likes Hong Kong and finds the whole set up interesting and stimulating. He would stay on here willingly if he got a suitable chance, but he quite understands about Butters. about this need be taken now but if the desirability of resolving Follows's present uncertainties could be kept in mind, he would be satisfied. I reckon myself very lucky to have got him.
With best wishes,
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Yours sincerely,
Om. mest nlt.
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