CO129-613-6 Arrest of members of the Kwang Tung Provincial Peace Preservation Corps 10-1-1947 - 25-11-1947 — Page 8

C.O.

DRAFT

REGISTERED No.

DRAFT AND RECORD COPY

54297/1/47

SECRET

LETTER SENT

Colonial office,

Church House,

Great Smith Street.

S.W.QATE

25th November, 1947.

MR.

MR.

MR.

Dear Grantham,

Many thanks for your letter of the 13th November regarding the suggestion that the two Peace Preservation Corps men now imprisoned in Hong Kong should be released. I need scarcely say that I was very glad to hear that you decided not to release these men. I have passed on what you say in your letter to the Foreign Office.

To

ENCLOSURES

FURTHER ACTION

Yours sincerely,

fod (N.L. Mayle)

SIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, K.C.M.G.

[4556B) Wt. 26930/440 50m. 9/45 C.N.Ld. 748

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