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TOP SECRET CYPHER TELEGRA
8294
TELEGRAM 1945
DESPATCHED BY 0.T.
OZ
6120
TOO
101530z
TOD 101810z
IMMEDIATE
From
Cabinet Offices.
To
Rptd
COSSEA 376
S.A.C.S. E. A.
C.-in-C. Hong Kong
C.-in-C. India ALFSEA
10th. October, 1945.
Ref. C.-in-C. Hong Kong telegram 270530 NOT to India.
Following from Chiefs of Staff.
FIRST. Agree garrison of two brigades necessary for Hong Kong until conditions improve.
SECOND. Understand 2 Diy less one brigade will be available if, as seems likely, no British garrison required for China ports.
THIRD. Request information date when one brigade of 2 Div can be moved to Hong Kong and effect of this move on other planned shipping commitments, in particular reoccupation Borneo.
FOURTH. Admiralty are asking C.-in-C. E.I.F. whether he could make available C.V.E.'s to assist with move.
T.0.0. 101530z
Ciroulation
Defence Office Foreign Office
First Sea Lord
C.6 Tels., War Office
A.M.C.S.(Č)
S. of S. India
S. of S. Colonies
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