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Mr. Palmer 17/6 Mr. Bandellon
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DRAFT. DESPATCH.
GOVERNOR
HONG KONG
SECRET.
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1948 file
Your Reference....327/470.
(Copy of No.3)
Inset-
FURTHER ACTION. Copy without copy of
enclosure, to
G.R.CAIRNS M.C. War Office
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COL. I.G. ROBERTSON 0.B.E. W.Ɑ F. SEVERS Admiralty S.W.WARRAN Air Ministry.
W. A. MITCHELL
stry.
Ministry of
Transport
Sir,
1. I have the honour to refer to your
despatch No. 31 of 12th August 1948, on the
subject of claims in respect of vessels lost their
or damaged owing to them having been used for
various purposes in 1941 in connection with
the defence of Hong Kong, and to express regret at the delay in replying thereto. I now
take the opportunity of enclosing a copy of a
despatch to the Federation of Malaya dated
30th May, 1949, on the 'somewhat similar problem
in Malaya.
Consider
lives
2. I feel that the same principles
followed
should be observed in dealing with this
problem in Hong Kong as I have suggested in
the enclosed despatch should be followed in
lines Malaya. Briefly those principles are,
fairness
alt "denial" claims, on grounds of equity,
should as far as is practicable, be dealt with
on the same basis as claims in respect of
general war damage, and that no special being
preference should be given to claims where
the loss or damage was due to "denial"
/measures.
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