CO129-622-4 War damage compensation- requisitioned railway stores and materials 28-1-1949 - 16-2-1950 — Page 18

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The Church House,

Great dth treet, London, 2..1.

5 Jammery, 1950

Dear Leymour

Please refer to correspondence resting with Nirkness's letter of the 29th July 1949 to Jefferis about claims arising from the requisitioning of railway materials in ilong Kong in 1941. I now anclose a copy of Hong Kong savingrea No.774

in reply to our savingrəm No.235, which you will wish to consider. It largely speaks for itælf, but weld put forward the following comments.

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Curavraphs 1 6 The points at issue on the claims by the Governont of Hong Kong are reduced to that over ita 3 in the Kowlɔm-Canton Lailway (British ectin) claim, relating to work done on the 600 Chinese tricks. To support their contention that the ar ffice offer is inadequate, long Fograluce one fresh, but admittedly iniroct, piece of ovidence in the shape of a letter from the South China Iron works; they ad it that little ore fresh evidence is likely to be produced in Hong Kong, but enquire whether we have contacted it. Col. walker, the Manager of the Railway in 1941. we propose to do this, since it means to have been overlooked up to now; weerhile, pending receipt of further information, whether

or from Colonel alkor or frou dong Is

alkor or from Hong Kong, we think it would be best to proceed with th interis settlowout on the basis proposed, leaviar the suggestiva thật a fiul settle it shold be...ade by pryent of half the claim of £108,000 for further consider ion (together, of course, ith the questin of the er upply Bart Coals in, which de ends on the

Lt. Col. G.V. DIN.,

AR FRICS

insector of Laris,

uffield House,

finl

Accadilly. F.1.