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SUGGESTED GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING IN-CHIEF IN CHINA.
The health of the troops would benefit by rest
and change.
Sir William Tyrrell stated that the
Foreign Office could raise no objection to this. No objection to the proposal was raised.
3. Sir L.Worthington-Evans referred to a
proposal by the Naval Commander-in-Chief for the appointment of a General Officer Commanding-
in-Chief all the British forces in China. He
thought it unnecessary to send out a Lieutenant-
General and a new staff, and proposed to make
General Duncan, who was at present in command
of the Shanghai Defence Force only, responsible
for all the British military forces in China,
including the North China Command. Admiral
Trywhitt was senior to him and would remain so.
Lord Beatty said that this would meet
Admiral Tyrwhitt's views, and explained that the
latter's proposal was dictated solely by a
desire to intimate that of His Majesty's Government
thought of sending out a military officer senior
to him he would gladly serve under him.
Mr. Amery suggested that General
Duncan's Command should not include the forces at
Hong Kong, and Sir Worthington-Evans agreed.
2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.1.
June 16, 1927.
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