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Extact from War Cabinet Conclusions
1940
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR asked 24 J 181 (40), 25th June, whether the Foreign Secretary was still opposed to the
proposal that white women and children should be
245 evacuated from Hong-Kong. Apart from the direct military advantages, he suggested that action of this kind, showing that we meant to defend our interests in the Far East, would have a steadying effect on Japanese policy.
F. 3475
The War Cabinet:
Invited the Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for War to consider this proposal again in the light of the latest developments, and to report on it.
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