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They should accept the political assumptions without
commitment to Her Majesty's Government and that further
United Kingdom-United States discussions should proceed
as quickly as possible.
The ability to retain Hong Kong, free from the like-
ihood of overt attack, depends almost exclusively
on the extent to which the Chinese appreciate that
Buch an attack would be resisted by the United Kingdom
garrison and would bring immediate American retaliation
on Chiná. For this reason they had reservations
about the concept outlined by the B.D.C.Q.(F.E.),
byt àgreed to this concept being used as a basis
for discussion with CINCPACK
(c)
Any further Anglo-American planning should take
at
account of the limitations imposed on United Kingdom
force availabilities and capabilities by recent
ies
Government decisions on defence.
Accordingly in June 1957, the Chiefs of Staff, with the approval of
of Defence,
MinisterMarova, authorised the B.D.C.C.(F.E.) to hold
further staff talks with the United States authorities, the They stipulated that the talho should
talks to be without commitment to government, and that reductions in our For East Force planned to take place later than December 1959
The Chiefs of Staff emphasized the need for discretion in should
stating the need for outside help. The United States might
not be
drichsed
at th
be discouraged by a statement that in the event of aggression stage.
the United Kingdom would be unable to provide any effective
reinforcement to the Colony itself. It would be better to the say that without United States assistance in defence of the
United Colony no effective reinforcement would be possible
at h
States interest might be strengthened if it were pointed out that without their help it would not be possible to evacuate the the loyal non-Communist Chinese from Hong Kong. but the for is thing for.
hand
such i
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