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Mr.......
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
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TELEGRAM
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Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
Adutybel See 30
For C. in C. Hong Kong from War Office
via Admiralty.
MOST IMMEDIATE
SECRET
LA
Reference your 0115292/SEP.
ONE.
Having regard to decisions conveyed
you will appreciate
to you by Chiefs of Staff in Admiralty
telegram No...
that the arrangements indicated in the
further proclamation described in your
paragraph 2 are inappropriate and should
be corrected in the following manner.
TWO.
Proclamation of British Military
Administration issued in accordance with
instructions contained in Admiralty
17 010040/403)
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1 signals 130032/A as amended by 131957/A
should stand as the overriding document.
THREE. The further proclamation appointing
Gimson, Lieutenant-Governor, etc. is incon-
FURTHER ACTION.
sistent with the former proclamation and
should be withdrawn in its entirety.
FOUR.
Chief Civil Affairs Officer,
MacDougall, accompanied by Legal Adviser,
Strickland, should be arriving Hong Kong
5th September. He will bring with him
drafts of further proclamations designed
to create structure of military administra-
tion.
FIVE.