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or without full deliberation.
It was regarded,
in accordance with the highest military advice in this
However
country, as an essential defence precaution necessitated
by the political situation in the Far East. one may regret the necessity, it is obvious that
advice of that kind could not be disregarded.
afraid that the decision must stand and that no hope
of its early reversal can be held out.
I am
You may also be interested to see the enclosed
extract from a Hong Kong newspaper containing the report
of a broadcast given in the Colony by Sir Geoffrey Northcote
who recently retired from the Governorship of the Colony.
I return the letter you sent me herewith.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) G. H. HALL