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H.M.Ambassador
MOST IMMEDIATE.
TOP SECRET.
My telegram No. 922 of August 18th7.
Following is passage
Chungking.cnt & personal
Telegram No. 933
Date.
19th Any
Cypher. 0.T.P.
Repeat to
Washington
No. 8580
Mr. Dening
No. 382
IMMEDIATE.
Cabinet Distribu-
tion.
Advance copies/to
almat to Hong
Kong in/telegram from Prime Minister to
6.
President Truman of August 18th regarding the General Order of surrender refered to in your Tel No 856.
Begins.
2.
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I am in general agreement with your
order which is now being examined in detail.
Meanwhile I have the following comments about
Hong Kong.
Chiang Kai-shek is claiming that
Hong Kong is in the area in which Japanese
forces are to surrender to him as Generalissimo
of the China theatre. While we are proposing
to inform Chiang Kai-shek that we shall welcome
the presence of a representative of his on the
occasion of the acceptance of the surrender of
Japanese forces in Hong Kong, we cannot accept
any interpretation of General Order No. 1 as
meaning that Hong Kong, which is British
territory, is included in the expression
"within China".
22.
As has already been notified to the
Private Secretary Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Chinese Govern-
No. 10.
Mr. Gent, Colonial ment, a British Naval Force is now on its way
office.
General. Ismay.
2015
to release Hong Kong from Japanese occupation,
to bring aid to prisoners and internees situated
in the Colony and to restore the British
administration. It may be that the Japanese
commanders on the spot may regard Hong Kong
as
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