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SAVINGRAM
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To:-
GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG
54150/51
(Tremaury, (Mi Lowalick)
agree) do
Sent.
Mr. Palmer (5
Repeated to :-
Mr.
Mr...
Mr..
Sir
Somerton 11/5
Hall
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Priority :--
Nil.
Reply urgently required.
Important.
Immediate
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S. of S.
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Restricted. Confidential. Secret. Top Secret
and Personal.
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Copy to Mr. Somerton for
registration on defence papers.
Further action :—
Circulate as in No.10.
Wt. 23588/882 58m 9.49 Wa. & Co. 51/3
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Your telegram No. 537
Netherlands Harbour Work.
1. There is of course objection to proposal in
paragraph 1 of your telegram No. 516 that similar protec-
tion against losses in the event of war may be demanded
by every expatriate contractor employed on Government work.
Moreover for H.M.G. specifically to under-write the
Aught-
might be argued by intersted parties on proposal committing H.M.G. this is ther
proposal
to 100% compensation for war damage and losses
At
wula in consequence be extremely difficult to refuse to~
salt to more
ole is
isfecially
grant such compensation the damage or loss were due to
Government
denial action carried out either on the orders, of a changee
or directly by Government servants. You are of course
fully aware of the difficulties of this problem arising
W
out of denial action taken in 1941 and H.M.G. is naturally い
any way
on thing malles anxious to avoid being committed without full consideration
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of all aspects of the problem to any course which would-
result in 830
olaim or 100% compensation in cases of
in fact to
Jams
daniak. Paragraph 3 of your telegram No. 516 indicate
that Government would be committed even more strictly to
100% compensation than if requisitions were carried out
under defence regulations. In the above circumstances this
problem has far wider implications than concern
Hong Kong on this particular contract. H.M.G. is therefore
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