CO129-606-6 Hong Kong Loan- Financial settlement 7-3-1949 - 23-12-1949 — Page 62

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But what dort cases when the Suvier dift. accept listibly in the light of twisty

prostice"? (sex frame it (iii) 79.3

Ins

- do x 4f

$1 million.

If such a grant were made to the Hong Kong Government, it would of course have to be on the clear understanding that the responsibility of deciding what claims must be met, and what rejected, on purely legal grounds, would rest on the Hong Kong Government and that

Jos

there would be no case of asking the Service

Departments to accept liability.

Lamever

even) consider 5. We are not yet in a position to approac

approaching

the Treasury formally on those lines, as the actual

amount of the liability is not yet known.

In

the meantime I suggest we reply to Hong Kong as

is

& course

in the enclosed draft despatch, which very guarded on the subject of possible further help from H.17.G.

6.

I am sending a copy of this letter to (admiralty)

Severs Cairns, Robertson, (War Office)

Warren (Air Ministry) and Mitchell (Ministry of

Transport)

beyond

brid for claims as being

busty acceptedt

in the Cyjet petenting practica

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