CO129-597-2 Estimates 1949 1-3-1948 - 14-7-1949 — Page 142

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Treasury Reference I. F.16/10/03

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TREASURY CHAMBERS,

GREAT GEORGE STREET,

LONDON, S.W.1.

24th December, 1948

Thank you for your letter of 9th December, 1948 in answer to my comments on the financial position of Hong Kong. I agree to the point in your paragraph 3. Thank you also for enclosing a further copy of despatch Number 303 of 24th September, I presume that '302' and '25th September' in Hong Kong Savingram 699 of 20th October were misprints.

W. I. J. Wallace, Esq.,

Colonial Office,

Yours sincerely,

Jundl

W. Russell Edmunds

PRA