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From :- The War Office.
To : Go Cữa Hong Kong.
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77779 cipher. (Q.2.) 31/7/40.
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Your 7392 about evacuation of families to Manilla.
First second and third agreed. Assume charges for accommod→ etion include furniture fuel and light. That being so no repeat
No
no family lodging allowance will be issuable to officers.
repeat no family allowance will be ussuable for other ranks.
y funds will remain liable for the cost at reception station
bnt officers must agree to deduction from their pay for the
feeding of their families at the rate of 2/- a day for a wife
and a ls.Od. a day for each child. Fourth agreed but officers
who took their families to Hong Kong at their own expense
without authority after 1st. November, 1939 must pay passages
on evacuation in full. Fifth Command Paymaster Hong Kong
should authorise H.M.Consul Hanilla in writing to pay soldiers
families appropriate rate of qualifying allotment plus any
voluntary allotment declared. Command Paymaster should notify
Consul of any casualties affecting these allotments. Eighth
agreed. Soldier to be credited with married rates of Colonial
Allowance and to be required to augment his allotment by the
difference between married and single rates. Sixth greed.
Seventh as regards civilian employees families (including
families of audit staff) contributions on board ship should
accord with Travelling Regulations for civilians. At Manilla
and Australia contributions should be in accordance with rates
approved for comparable grades among Admiralty employees the
Admiral
individuals retaining their Colonial allowances. Similar
arrangements to all above to be followed when families are
evacuated to Australia. Understand Governor Hong Kong is w
arranging suitable terms with Commonwealth Government report
Continuation of Hong K ng Colonial lowance however
result.
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