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Defence Force would be concentrated upon Hong Kong.
(c) That the Secretary of State for War should be
authorised to take up accommodation at Hong Kong for
the British Brigades from home and from the
Mediterranean, which could only camp in the open until
about March 15th;
(a) That the Secretary of State for War should base his
(e)
arrangements on the assumption that no use can be made
of Wei-hai-wei for hospital cr other military purposes:
To take note that (so far as this has not already been
done) the Secretary of State for War will instruct the
General Officer appointed to command the Shanghai
Defence Force, on his arrival at Shanghai, to consider
carefully all measures for the organisation of en
adequate Intelligence Service, including, if he deems
feasible and desirable, the attachment of attachés with
the forces of various Chinese armies:
(£) To take note
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That the Secretary of State for War and the First Lord
of the Admiralty will circulate copies of all Service
telegrams to and from China which are likely to be
useful to the Cabinet during the present crisis in China;
also
(8)
(h)
That the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will
arrange for immediate copies of telegrams to and from
China to be circulated to the Cabinet during the present
crisis without the delay involved in printing:
That in the public interest the Prime Minister should
refuse information in the House of Commons regarding the
number of troops and other armed British forces at
present at Shanghai available for the defence of the
international settlement (Mr. Lansbury's starred Question
No.47 February 10th).
That in regard to the French proposal to invoke the good
offices of the League of Nations, the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs should have authority, if he deems