CO129-622-6 Claims of War Supplies to Eastern Group Supply Council 21-1-1949 - 23-12-1949 — Page 79

the same

referred to in yox des patch, Hort69 of the

17th inty, 19 and I am communicating with

other Departments to see if it is possible

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In

for any settlement to be effected. In the

also

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same despatch you referred to a claim against

(£58,086)

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the Government of Singapore for $929,384/which

Way

is being dealt with direct with that

Government, and I assume that no action on

my part is required on this claim.

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3 I have now to refer to the category of

Category B

the claims

relating to stores which were in

process of manufacture but were not actually shipped

or delivered to go down. The amount of

(Macand J orders placed

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live

behelf of the Easting from Supply Command in Sirena

such claims/referred to in your despatch

No.163 of 27th June 1947 was $7,748,986

(£484,312). In my despatch No.400 of the

24th December 1947, paragraph 4, I suggested

that you should refuse to meet all claims

within this category. I added that there

would be no objection to the claimants

lodging claims for loss or damage, to the

Hong Kong War Damage Claims Commission.

You recommended however, in your despatch

that there should be

No.

of

no War Damage Compensation Scheme in Hong Kong,

a recommendation which I accepted in my

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despatch No.

of

In the circumstances

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agree

I

fear that I

unable to *

that any part of the loss should fall

on H.M.G. and in view of your recommendation

as regards War Damage Compensation Scheme

there appears to be no alternative but for

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