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94 ADY(Dinnie) 10. Is

ཐབས་པ་ན་ ང་སོགས་མིན་དངལ་ ་ ་ ་ཅི་ཡིད་ཡེ་མི་ལས་ དབན་དང་ཡི

98

C.0.5.(55) 317

28.11.55

b. Armitage Smith.

I don't think the signal

enclred with (94) should be cent until

we have consulted the Governor

on the

implications of the proposed training exercises.

would have the Certainly the Governor would strompent praible objections to evacuation, particularly,

a

test

particularly if it coincided

Swartz with the public becoming

X

& parrison

was

aware

that the

be reduced.

the training exercises amounted

And unters

no

the

moe

than the sort of routine activity which presumably goes on all the time Governor night scesonably more object

particularly if it meant

even

15 them

American's dashing about Hong Kong

in

What are "the discussions with

acroplanes!

The

U.S. Naval authorities? -

have there been

does

this

response refer to the talks recorded in

part A

a

other discussions without our knowledge?

further

the file

It seems

A me that what

is wanted is some more

information about

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with

what the Navy has been cooking up

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the Americans plus

details

some

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the scope

Rage 5faf 154

the CO. A consult the Governor before the Cinc Fit, is authorised & start making arrangements

with the cuil PAC & the Governor,

مد

Frog. Shk

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Mr. O'Mite

Mease

daft

ماء

Letter

to

Mr.

dunie in

Первоу

to

(94), covering

ханд

r of

der. Howard Drake's minute.

J.N.A..Amitage. Smiths

10/xii

Anglo-U.S.

The holding of Frand combined traming

for the defence of Hong Kong

& brises

(which in

not in R

aute

SEATO are could

hardly escape publicity

cutainly be

in

the

th light y

rews

And lost

area)

Chec

would

almost

exeuilly

motter for Ministers

1 Foreign Secretury's

known to

(92) in Part A of this file.

be being dealt with level in th Admvälty the weld to tear

It

из : vide

appears to

at Chief Executie Mie

bye- product of

Jay

(admittedly important)

technical equipment.

make

I have hotted

move

piece of

up

ņi draft a to lifting 12 motter

sure of

10

Up

th requisito level.

i would like to reen reply.

Fife of

of 154

14/12

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