54126/5/48
COLONIAL OFFICE,
THE CHURCH HOUSE,
WE STAINSTER,
S.#.
f September, 1948.
42
267
Dear Bancroft,
I enclose for your concurrence a draft despatch to Hong Kong about the arrangements to replace Treasury control which were foreshadowed in our telegram No. 611 of the 1st June to Hong Kong.
2. You will note that the arrangements now proposed differ in one or two respects from those mentioned in our telegram No. 611. First, you will recall that at a meeting at the Treasury on the 28th June it was agreed that quarterly instead of monthly reports of financial trends in Hong Kong would suffice, and this alteration has been introduced; secondly, paragraph 3 (a) (iv) regarding loans has been added for obvious reasons; thirdly, the specific requirement of approval of new posts "as provided pre-war in Colonial Regulation 267" has been left out because Colonial Regulations are in force and to single out one of them for mention in this way conveys the inference that others may be ignored; and, fourthly, the reference to "changes in salary structure" in paragraph 2 (i) (d) of telegram No. 611 has been omitted because Colonial Regulation No. 6†† includes a prohibition of any such changes without the Secretary of State's approval. The last phrase of paragraph 4 of the draft however ensures that these two important points are not lost sight of.
3.
In the matter of writes-off' etc., we are proposing to follow arrangements recently agreed for Africa.
4.
It was agreed, I think, in our preliminary discussions that the simplest thing was to try out our new arrangements
I.P. BANCROFT, ESQ.
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