COPY:
SECRET:
C.R.C.C.No.S/801 (G).
HEADQUARTERS,
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CHINA COMMAND,
HONG KONG.
April 8th 1931.
Your Excellency
I have the honour to refer to Your
Excellency's letter No. 1331/1930.c. dated the 31st
of March, 1931.
(a)
(-b)
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(c)
In the event of war with China, we would
fight on the Frontier, consequently the proposed
site of the Commercial Wireless Station would
be within the line of Defence.
In the event of war with a First Class Power
it would not be possible to hold a line further North than the Kowloon Ridge, consequently the
Wireless Station would be outside the line of
Defence. It would not be possible to provide a detached Force for its protection.
It is not considered likely that a hostile
Power would attempt a landing on the West Coast of
the Leased Territory in the vicinity of SANTIN, yet it would appear likely that if a landing were to be effected on the Mainland, an enemy would
attempt either to seize or destroy the Wireless
Station.
I have the honour to be,
Your Excellency's obedient Servant,
(SD). J.W. SANDILANDS.
Major-General,
Commanding the British Troops in China.
To:- His Excellency the Governor,
HONG KŨNG.