stricly come within the terms of questions B and C. 5. I assume the phrase "all remaining liabilities" in the third sentence following the phrase "The position regarding these liabilities is as follows" should be "all the liabilities referred to above". 6. As regards item (i) and the sentence beginning "So far as can be seen" I would refer to paragraphs 1,
The extent to which 3 and 4 of my telegram No.533.
the Hong Kong Government is legally liable to meet "denial" claims whether there was prior requisitioning or not is
primarily one for the Hong Kong Government to decide. I fear Lower that
be partdou Far/I cannot accept the wording in your telegram "and since the Service Departments were concerned
negotiations are proceeding with those Department s with a view to their meeting these claims".
That phrase goes far beyond what is said in paragraph
3 and 4 of my telegram No.533 and I must ask that in your reply to the questions in the Legislative Council
you adhere to the terms of that telegram.
7. I am glad to know that you now hope that the settlement may be welcomed by unofficial members and
I trust that this position will still be maintained in
four proposed replies as a result It is clear spite of the comments in this telegram.
amy change
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from the figures of revenue surplus given in your telegram that the Colony should with the assistance
insuperabl
already given by H.M.G. find no great difficulty in
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meeting its various liabilities and that this fortunate would by no mean be the case were it not for position fellows the vast expenditure and losses
borne by the U.K. Government to which reference was made in paragraph 6 of my telegram No.533
of
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