CO129-622-6 Claims of War Supplies to Eastern Group Supply Council 21-1-1949 - 23-12-1949 — Page 76

The Hong Kong Government submitted thes claim to the

Government of Burma who in reply stated that the

matter was being referred to "the paying authority"

but apparently no payment has in fact been received,

# Joo not know and

not clear whether in accordance with any

financial settlement between H.M.G. and the Government

of Burma,responsibility for meeting this claim should

now rest upon H.M.G. In this connection f

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bserve from Article 6 of the Treaty between the

Government of the United Kingdom and the provisional

Government of Burma (Cmd.7240) that under peza (a)

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of

Seation, H.M,G. agrees to reimburse the

provisional Government for expenditure in respect

of claims for supplies and services rendered to

the Burma Army in the Burma campaign of 1942. It

is stated on the relevant paper that this Treaty

Fatihed has not been re

by H.M.G. nevertheless the saymably

paper sets out what was the intention of H.M.G.

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intention were at the time that such claims should

be met by HMG.

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consider whether,in all the circumstances, this

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should wat be met by M.3, I need hardly

stress how essential

(Category A) category/should be met, especially if it is

ultimately decided that claims falling under

categories B and C cannot be met. As you are

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