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expensive. But something must be done, and be done soon, if we are to make real headway against this problem which is as serious for its social effects in the Colony as it is for the international reputation of its British

administration.

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I am sending a copy of this despatch to HM Ambassadors at Washington, Tokyo, Peking, Bangkok, Saigon, Rangoon, Vientiane and Phnom Penh, and to the Permanent United Kingdom Representatives to the United Nations in New York and Geneva,

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

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GOVERNOR

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