083/4660.
M.0.3.
sir,
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1175
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123
R 12 JAN 12.
10
January 1912.
I am commanded by the Army Council to address you in continuation of War Office letter No. 083/4657 (M.0.3.) dated 4th January 1912 in which were detailed certain movements and dispositions of troops in China, which have been rendered necessary by the unsettled condition of that country.
2*
In a dispatch recently received from the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State has expressed a recommendation that, having in view the small number of troops in the North and South China Commands available to meet further possible demands for the protection of British interests in China, it is advisable to reinforce immediately the garrison of South
China.
3.
I am therefore to request that, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State for India, the Indian Government may be asked by cable if they can spare temporarily the services of the undermentioned troops to reinforce the garrison at Hong Kong, and if they approve to dispatch them forthwith :-
2 Battalions Indian Infantry. 1 Indian Mountain Battery.
To The Under Secretary of State,
India Office.