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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 541 OF 23 JULY

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ABOUT TYPHOON LUCY

REF.

دی

1. IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT KIDD SAID OVER THE TELEPHONE TO LATRD

ON 22 JULY PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION BY PRIVATE NOTICE WAS

DISALLOWED.

2. MR BEN FORD HAS NOW PUT DOWN FOLLOWING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT

QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON 28 JULY AT THE LATEST.

BEGINS. TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, WHAT REPORTS HE HAS RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF HURRICANE LUCY: WHETHER HE HAS ANY PROPOSALS FOR AID:

AND IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT. ENDS.

3. FOLLOWING IS PROPOSED REPLY.

BEGINS. I HAVE HAD A REPORT FROM HONG KONG THAT THE COLONY WAS NOT DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS TYPHOON WHICH PASSED TO THE NORTH-EAST OF THE TERRITORY. THERE WAS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND A HIGH WIND WHICH CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE WITH SOME FLOODING. NO REQUEST FOR AID HAS SO

FAR BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNOR. ENDS.·

4. FOR MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS ABROAD, AID FROM HMG USUALLY IN THE FORM OF TENTS, BLANKETS, MEDICINE ETC. DOES NOT NORMALLY EXCEED £10,000 UNLESS THE DISASTER IS OF CATASTROPHIC PROPORTIONS. IF YOU SHOULD WISH TO RECOMMEND SUCH AID GRATEFUL FOR A S MUCH DETAIL ABOUT THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE DISASTER AS IS POSSIBLE TOGETHER WITH ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION SUCH AS DETAILS OF OFFERS OF AID ALREADY RECEIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES AND ANY EMERGENCY HELP ALREADY GIVEN BY HM SERVICE COMMANDERS. WE SHOULD ALSO NEED ESTIMATE OF NUMBER OF PEOPLE RENDERED HOMELESS OR

DESITUTE AND OF THOSE INJURED BY THE DISASTER.

DOUGLAS-HOME

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H.K.D.

F.P.A.D.

D.T.G.D.

P.S. TO MR ROYLE

MR WILFORD SIR L MONSON MR D A SCOTT

COPIES TO U.N.D.

MR F.FREEMAN

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