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Ashy Dept. to Seay.of State for India.
6th May, 1921.
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9th key, 1921, 8,9.M.
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First at twą Parts.
Your telegram of the 12th ultimo, 1966.
We agres, but ask for endurvenes an the fallowing pojLLERI
la what localities are garrisons required, ather than
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in mandated territories? No muggest Colombo ens Battalion,
Malay States sae (Tawa)
and South China three.
five battalions, In addition, we are prepared to furnish two battalions for Aden and one for Parnian Splf. úrand total
eight battalions,
2,
Proposed post-war establishment of indian Infantry is
100 active and 30 training battalicum. This provides for purely Indian requirements, vide paragraph 16 of Despatch ko.12 dated February 3rd 1921, ́ ́If we undertake to find infantry garrisons for overson stations as above, the number of units necessary for this extra liability must be in excess of the figuras given above, and all sharges in sonnection with them must
be met by his Majesty's Government. Unless we permanently
localise the battalions which fuzish over-sen garrisons, a procedure which is strưngly denresated, these unite met be taken in regular retation from amongst the setivo battalions of the Indian Army, excluding Jurkkas, They must therefore confom to our new organisation, and this aan ba dang in one or
two ways.
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