CO129-594-6 Brigadier D M MacDougall- letters to Gent on civil affairs administration 15-9-1945 - 24-12-1945 — Page 15

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PERSONAL.

CIVIL AFFAIRS HEADQUARTERS,

LOWER ALBERT ROAD,

HONGKONG.

22nd November, 1945.

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G. E. J. Gent, Esq., C.M.G., P.S.0., 0.B.E., M.C., LONDON.

My dear Gent,

Thank you very much for your letter

3 of the 20th September received on the 19th

November.

2.

For the record at this end, may I add

simply that my "Honour" suggestions were submitted as a result of a request from yourself. I put this down in writing to avoid the obvious deduction.

3.

It has been a big day in the old town today. I have announced the reopening of trade to a large press conference, I have decided once and for all against price control of any- thing except basic food commodities, Chan Chak has told me that he is arriving in Hong Kong tomorrow, and W. M. Thomson has got his hair cut.

Meis Gol

Yours sincerely,

Motwill.