CO129-605-3 Chinese charitable funds and other deposit accounts 13-5-1948 - 3-9-1948 — Page 1

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54126/3/48

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Mr. Radforu, 23/8

Mr.

Palmer 2578

Mt. Sis

5. Abrahams 25 f

Mr. Wallace 2618

Mr.

skin 27/8 J.

Your Reference ..

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. S.

Minister of State

Secretary of State

S. D.

AUG

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DRAFT. Despatch

Governor, Hong Kong:

Confidential. 273

ir:

(1)

I have, etc., to refer to your

despatch 10. 144. of the 13th May, 1948

about

seguraing the liability of the Hong

Kong Government to replace certain

funds in their custody before the

war which were confiscated by the

Japanese during the enemy occupation.

FURTHER ACTION,

2. This matter has been carefully

advised

and

4

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considered by my lejul buvisers who uro

or the opinion that, so far as those

funds which were placed in a separate

account are concerned, there is no liabili-

ty upon the Hong Kong Government to

replace them but that in respect of

those funds which were paid into the

general Government Account, the Hong Kong

Government cannot avoid liability except

upon the ground that a strong degree

of probability existed that the funds

would have been seized in any event,

even though they had been placed in

separate accounts.

13.

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