CO129-599-1 Salaries Commission 8-12-1947 - 22-12-1947 — Page 264

53725/48 Pt.II

266

188

Colonial Office,

Church House,

Great Smith Street,

S. u. 1.

16th January, 1948.

Dear Serpell,

Hong Kong Salaries Comission

Expatriation Pay

e spoke over the telephone and you asked me to let you have a note on Hong Kong telegram No.48. e would propose a telegraphic reply to Hong Kong as in attached draft.

The details of the Malayan proposals in Governor-General's telegram No.2 of the 3rd January are in some respects rather complicated (e.g. the difference in £l between the platformas for men and women at the £700 salary level), but Hong Kong has accepted them and we feel we should not delay a decision on this matter, which affects a considerable number of officers, any longer.

I hope you will be able to give me your

concurrence by telephone.

Yours sincerely,

D.R. SEKPELL, movie, 0..B.

(.I.J. wallace)