CO129-628-10 War Damage Compensation- individual claims 1-1-1950 - 31-3-1951 — Page 115

the responsibility for compensation for wan damage losses in the faw East would normally lie with the Good. of the Colony in which the losses were sustained, but for the reasons outlined in the enclosed statement, the Gost. of Hong Kong decided that no compensation from public funds should be paid

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