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COLONIAL

OFFICE

54144/12/45

Dear Mr. Scotti,

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Enter

Colonial Office,

Downing Street,

S.W. 1.

17th April, 1945.

F 2387

20. APR 1945

We should be grateful if you would be kind enough to arrange for a telegram to be sent to Chungking as in the draft appended. The Hong Kong Planning Unit are in difficulties over their future staff and the telegram relates to an enquiry about a possible candidate.

Yours sincerely,

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Draft Telegram to Embassy, Chungking.

Bishop Hall has strongly recommended to Colonial Office employment of Dr. F.Dickenson of West China Union University in connection with the reconstruction of Hong Kong, as regards agriculture and animal husbandry. The Colonial Office would

be grateful for any observations you may care to offer as to Dr. Dickenson's fitness for such duty and would like particulars of his technical qualifications.

X

A.L. SCOTT, ESQ.

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