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Permi. U.S. of S.

Mr.

Mr.

Mayle

Mr.

Lloyd

Styl

Mr.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

14342/2/1/45

1800

6th March, 1946.

DRAFT. LETTER

SIR MARK YOUNG, G.C.M. G.,

APPLESH RO HOUSE,

COMPTON.

nr. WINCHESTER.

copy of (14)

copy of enc. to (13)

note attached

note attached

FURTHER ACTION.

For Mr Lloyd's signature

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As promised at

At our talk on the 1st March I

Enclose

promised to let you have a copy of

MacDougall's telegram giving his proposals

in regard to the Chinese members of the

Executive and Legislative Councils, and

also the relevant extracts from his letter

the

to me referred to in this telegram

(No CA2165 of the 23rd February).

enclose

I also

attach for your information a copy of a

telegram stating that except for Kotewall

the terms of all the members of both

Councils have already expired, and a note

abot

of such information as we have of two of

the three Chinese proposed for the

Legislative Council. We know nothing of

Lee I.U. Cheun beyond what is given in

MacDougall's telegram.

I

M. K. Lo was a member of the

Japanese sponsored Chinese Representative

and Co-operative Councils.

On the other

hand, we have been told by imson and others

that he resisted to the best of his ability

the pressure put upon him by the Japanese,

and that he was, in fact, imprisoned by

them for a short period Further, that