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what he said in the last paragraph of his minute, but I suggest that it will be best to cover the whole matter in a letter which in any case need not be a long one. I have, therefore, turned the drafts into a letter and had a fair draft made.
KWB.
31. 8. 49.
Seen. I agree, but in view of Mr. Johnson's minute of the 8th July, 1949 on the 1948 file, and the fact he has recently visited Hong Kong, it might be considered worth while waiting to hear what he has to say.
He is due to return here on the 23rd of September.
This further relatively short delay is not likely to aggravate the position very much, if at all, particularly so in view of the action agreed upon.
ko. Abbist.
1st September. 1949.
Mr Sidebotham
Private Secretary.
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It w?. be better to wait till Mit Johnson's return, but this petition is already nearly
Year old & I don't much like keeping it back longer. The Private Secretary may able to say whether a further month's delay
hday will matter or not. If petitions to the King
are not infrequently delayed while consultations are carried out, perhaps it is all right; but a year yo a long time. Might it be worth while KWB
to have a word with fir A,
2/9/49
Lascelles
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