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Following from Chiefs of Staff.
20th August, 1945.
Reference Prime Minister's telegram No. 6 to President and the latter's reply (No. 6) of 18th August regarding surrender of Hong Kong, you should inform the American Chiefs of Staff that military co-ordination is being effected by the British Chiefs of Staff on operational matters and that we undertake, so far as the conditions of the port allow, to give full facilities through the Hong Kong area for the assistance and support of Chinese and American forces who may still be either engaged against the enemy or involved in securing the surrender of Japan- ese forces in the hinterland.
You should ask the U.S. Chiefs of Staff to inform General Wedemeyer in this sense and to instruct General MacArthur, if they have not already done so, to arrange for the surrender of Hong Kong to the British commander nominated by Admiral Fraser.
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Foreign Secretary First Sea Lord
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S. of S. Colonies
S. of S. India
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