CO129-614-1 Commission of Inquiry into fire at West Point- report 26-5-1949 - 22-12-1949 — Page 105

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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

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TC.152

DORLAND HOUSE,

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26th May, 1949.

Dear Sir,

The Department's Fire Research Organisation wishes to obtain a copy of report issued by the Hong Kong Government Commission on a fire which occurred on 22nd September, 1948, in some Hong Kong tenements involving the loss of 173 lives.

I should be glad to know if the Colonial Office can provide a copy, or suggest any source from which it could be obtained.

Yours faithfully,

RECEIVED

27 MAY 1949 CONIAL OFF

The Secretary,

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Aques G. Allen

The Colonial Office, LONDON, S.W. 1.