$387
XXX SECRET
AIR MAIL.
52
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
15th November, 1937.
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my pong by
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6230/37 (ci cuc)
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to your secret
circular despatch of 5th May, 1937, on the subject of the anti-gas protection of civilian populations,
and to inform you that in the course of the past few
months the Air Raids Precautions Sub-Committee of the
Local Defence Committee has been engaged in working
out a programme of measures by which the Colony will,
during the next few years, be provided with the trained personnel and equipment necessary for a complete air
raids precautionary service.
2.
Pending the detailed recommendations of the
Air Raids Precautions Sub-Committee a sum of $50,000
was provided in the draft Estimates for 1938 (forwarded
to you under cover of Mr. N.L. Smith's despatch No.598
of 23rd September, 1937) under the new Head 27, Defence,
D., Air Raid Precautions. Since the drafting of these
Estimates a programme of those measures which call for
priority of attention has been submitted by the Sub-
Committee, and in this programme the first item, which
forms the subject of the present despatch, is a
proposal for the appointment of a whole-time Air Raids
Precautionary Officer. It is submited that the work
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
W.G.A.ORMSBY-GORE, P.C., H.R.,
&C.,
&C., &C.
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