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If we say that we cannot put this
that light whinge 140£783 Še
to Hong Kong but provided we shall find it difficult if not
impossible
is
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Was office reason
whits
in Hong Kong, and the
to accept on
the Coloinal seirices
a year as there
Vote the chaye of £500,000
to keep the two
Kong, and the war office.
to justify to
Parliament
have to consider
how we
can
meet this chaye
which
Can
only
will be unable
their meeting this cost.
We therefore have
We
do by finding compensating sairings. This can in fubsent excumstances only to achieved at the expense of policy elsewhere e.q. by
the proposed contribution
deciding
нов
to
mahe
of £500,000 (or maybe more) to the Nigerian
о
Military Forces
by reducing the proposed
Eraut
to Kenya from Hm
to 7500,000
or by reducing
the Eraul
Halta by
at least
£2m instead o
the Hm
о
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lue
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in
in wind. Indeed we
have in
have to make some of there reductions
any
so that
event fa finely financial reasons
we cannot at the moment be
certain that this
that this is all
Il seems
we may have to do.
to we that we
would be ou
such steps
wealthy Colony.
weah financial ground to takel
to provide money for
а
In our pulsent critical and very dangerous
financial position we
riglih to expech
that
have surely some wealthy Colonies will
play then full part in meeting expenditure.
As this is a
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matter which is likely
to have dritch consequences
on
the Colonial
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