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from Colonel McGill Pay (43)285bout

This today. his side of

He said that both

the Wo and the

financial vide would be quite

happy to and band questions

separate the

ad

ganison in (228)

and

would

presumably meaning only

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/ (226)

like to have the all clean"

to prepare to Hong Kong being very

The mists for departure

an

shart.

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I menly took

and

note of this, thanked him, said that the whole matter

and

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That we would

would probably have to Mimotis again let heim know

what we

were

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TRANS. (S FIED 508/400/06

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Mr. Campbell

should see.

astron

doing.

G=11/CE-C8219/58

possible

Kabutar 394 TS: ~15/58

You too

Mr. Melville asked me to have a look at this.

Then I think we should meet with Mr. Melville as early as possible and concert our line.

I have added at (227) a letter from the Admiralty that

Mr. Melville handed to me.

Mr. Fairclough's minute analyses the position very well.

The Governor, In fact we are now on pretty weak ground. rightly enough, is concerned to get the units as quickly as he can and he has recognised that that means agreeing to pay for them and agreeing to pay for them without the definite assurance that payments made for them by Hong Kong will be offset against claims for compensation by U.K. Service Departments on account of the increased value of land which they occupy (otherwise than for land which they may have acquired by right of purchase in the open market). Obviously the best that we could now achieve

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