CO129-627-4 Argyle Street explosion- correspondence on claims and enquiries 1-6-1946 - 31-7-1951 — Page 44

to claims arising from tortious acts. I

Mr. Creech Gines further ensiders that the custody & disposal of the explosives in question by the Service authorities

their normal

not

were undert absen

part of

military fundines,

in pursuance of their administrative resprisbilities in the absence of the civil

a

these

grmunds also

Govt.

the clarins

that

cannot fall within the scope of telegram dealing with the financial aspects of the hand-over from military to civil Gove 2. Hou

ban he

accept

the crew

that

Y

ertain responsibilities

the assumption of.

by the Hong Kong Gort.

lays

Even

moral

that

in 1948.

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t

her firm consideration to the suggestion in paragraph 15m lete and refuels and he connot

Govt. any obligatio, afecte

otherwise, to

to accept

retrospection responbility for

the claims

under reference.

meeting. Creech Jus acerringly

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regrets

that he

his

cond

recuisider

decision that he should not

approach the forma

the formos of Hung

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with the

lemond of Laado mesafectats and despone

of unexplodes mas

Huy Kong

in

the

sense derived

by

Council

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are

the lung

fered to pat of your litter

Copies of this further Correspondence

being sent to

for his information.

the

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W. I. J. WALLACE