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We have received a Legco question from Jimmy

McGregor, please sec attached.

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this question (which is an oral one) on 3 Noverisur . office has been asked to prepare a, draft reply by the end ot this week for CS's consideration.

As far as we are aware, this is the first time UA subject of "Comfort Women" in Hong Kong has come up in Lego (although previously Legco memberé asked questions about Japanese military currency). In our urgent initial checks today we cannot find any information to provide specifie

We do not know, ROY answers to questions (a) and (b). example, whether any investigation was carried out or representation made to the Japanese Government on this insue. It also seems we have no record of any spocirly case, we can find more specific information within the next two days or that you are able to provide more informatlar on can only give very general answers to the first two quest fores

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we propose the following answers, subject to your

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official records on Japanese cocupat.com in Hong Kong are sketchy. from our initial investigation of the records which survive, we have not at present found any information in any investigation carried out nor

representation made to the Japanese GoVYLOBENZ on the subject;