CO129-615-4 Harbour craft used by Hong Kong Government- financial arrangements 30-1-1948 - 12-1-1949 — Page 21

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colonial office,

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bem fas

The Church House,

sestminster,

6.N.

23 December, 1948.

1.

at our diz mussion on the 15th December, ar.enged ea a result of our official letter to you of the 30th November, about small oreft in del op the linna

the lione xong Government, you explained the position regarulag the Admiralty and War Office craft as known to you and it was agreed that the next step aws to put your information about theme crait to Hong kong and esx for their comenta. I enclose a draft savingram which we mnie propoke to send to Yong kong en should be glad to know whether you have any conte on it..

2.

In the course of our discussion it appeared that none of us was entirely clear as to how any of these ereit (including slso the Ministry of Transport craft) reached the Hong

Long Government. In particular is it possible

to say whether :-

A.J. JOI¤3, 100.

(a) they were craft ordered for, and

belonging to, the Military Administrati (1.e. the Civil Affairs ɛide, not the combatant side of the liberating forces) which were handed over to the civil Goverment on the termination of the kilitary Administration ?

or