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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE,

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HONG KONG, 18th February, 194 8

REF. NO.

PERSONAL.

K. O. Roberts Wray, Esq., C.M.G.

Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State, Colonial Office,

LONDON.

Dear Roberts Wray

It may be that you have noticed that the Judicial and Legal

I have set-up in Hong Kong does not conform to the usual pattern.

taken over a year to consider what should be done and as a result have

produced a Memo. on the subject which I have just referred to this

Government. I cannot fully gauge how far my proposals and recommendation:

will commend themselves locally and whether a d ecision will be taken

I feel, to refer them in whole or part to the Secretary of State.

however, that you might like to have a copy of my Meno. which I think

serves sufficiently to describe the existing complications and

indicate what form, at the least ideally, Judicial and Legal staff

and distribution should take in Hong Kong.

I hope to have an opportunity to discuss with you or your staff, as I plan ( 4 months' leave being approved) to arrive home

about the middle of June.

Work increases here rather than the reverse. I expect that

you must be busier than ever, but hope that nevertheless you are

keeping very fit.

JBG/mmr

Yours

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