CO129-607-4 Repatriation of exinternees- financial responsibility for passages 2-2-1949 - 29-12-1949 — Page 8

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Mayou Durly

8

Para 3

3 of 9/55413/7 indicates that

Singapore will accept responsibility for

former residents of Singapore other than

regular forces or people who are a

members of

responsibility

of a specific Dept. of H.M.Cs. We have not

had

any comments from kalaya or houth Borneo but Surawakkas accepted the cost of passages

of two people from that territory vide 2/504/3/7/49.

A recles 29/0

Mine Russon

My Chaplin is an

leave as front.

X

13/1

You hice see from to preceding main: we have wife whear from the Riciario of Malaya N. Bones. Singapore appears to have acupres this chases in princips. I suggest in the circumstances, thas you

these pps, recirculares

may

W

hish to have

in some Aro

Weses This.

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BRIDA

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Precedents to see there

minutes when femal

May'in Darby

age 9

а

little

I have kept these pp. for

familiarize myself with the

while to

back- history. usefully

(a) Liz

attitude;

I think

take any

it

ought

Love

Ca

action at present:

to on the Sederativis

will be more or less

Bran

difficult to put HK's case decide to) according to whether

tea? accepto

the tea?

now

(G)

remind

their share.

the fed??

Cf

We shall next month be

discussing

Varioco a

Love

Cd.

HK?

not

aspects of framing,

financial position with the

we

shared not

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move in

this comparatively small question that might lease

(3) is noo

may

its

on

much bigges

I think, therefore, that although four mouths old, silence

indicate acceptance of

seem to

arguments (which to for from convincing),

my

mind are

Le

should wait.

Pp. (this file alone) shd. recirc. to me

15/9.

5 C.R.O.

Wishmen 19/2

8.23389/49/Passager

27-9-48

Mm. Wallace

I have

spoken

to

Major Darby about

my

min. above

9

also

about (5). He will

the

look into the latter to ascertaing

ascertain Judians

circumstances in which these

sarted; it may conceivably be pomble to

pass the clarin to Was Office.

also look

my

(a)

agarin

at (3) in the

above.

He will

light of my (6) will have

the time we

disposed of tself by ready to reply to (3);

to

it

of

get

way

ak

& with that Seem desirable

(a) was sent

ahead reasonably quickly, since

8 muiths sinde (a)

1.Milm 5110

is now

age 9

Page

Page

10

1.

+

Reference Mr. Kirkness' minute of 19/8:-

(a) Singapore have accepted corresponding

charges. I agree we must know also

the Federation attitude. Have they replied yet? and, if so, what?

(b) Considerable discussion with Hong Kong

is about to boil up over E. M. G. S request that Hong Kong should make a contribution towards the cost of the present reinforcements sent to the Colony. Hong Kong's first reaction to this request was to say they couldn't think of this until various outstanding liabilities arising out of the last war have been settled and that they were about to send us a despatch about these

2.

liabilities. It may be that all this will bring about a second "financial

settlement" in which claims such as those. on this file will be taken into account.

Therefore, although it is true, as Mr. Kirkness says, that silence may seem to indicate acceptance of the arguments in (3) I think on the whole we should await the despatch from Hong Kong on outstanding liabilities and not continue arguing this and similar cases piecemeal.

I should be grateful for Mr. Palmer's views on this. Mr. Chaplin may also wish to comment from the Malayan angle.

Reference (5) and Mr. Kirkness' minute of 5/10, will Major Darby be kind enough to look into this?

wseen

پیگی

4.11.49.

We

may

ar

well

wait now

H163

all

promised despatch about

these claims.

Mr. Williams.

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Braemar

7/u

I have an icke that

icha that on the papers dealing

with the arraygunt's food made

outh India, the

Endine Gast. underlost to mut certain cast's relating

65 2dius.

I last hrow if this underlating would come

age 10

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