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Personally I think that there would be no, point in bothering the Governor further in this matter, and that we should accept what has been produced as satisfactorily closing the account. I do not however wish to take this line if there is a possibility that the Comptroller and Auditor General will comment adversely on it in his next report of our Appropriation Accounts. Could I therefore trouble you to let me know that in the circumstances the Comptroller and Auditor General agrees that the matter may now be dropped so far as Hong Kong is concerned.

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13th April, 1959.

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Bryant.

In 9.1186 on 20th February the P.A.C. Chairman asked for totals; from the context it is presumed these figures should include those for Hong Kong. Until P.A.C. have considered the paper you are going to put in and the other evidence, it is impossible to predict whether they will comment on your accept- ance of the global settlement with Hong Kong as dis- pensing with audited accounts. As however you think that the Hong Kong figures you have already are sufficient for the preparation of the paper, it would, I feel, be suitable to await P.A.C's Report (? to be published in July) before troubling the Governor further..

I cannot of course say what will be the nature of future Reports by the C. & A.G. on this or other subjects.

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