C.O.
REGISTERED No.
DRAFT AND RECORD COPY
LETTER SENT
DATE
сл
DRAFT
MR. Paskin
MR.
MR.
99.8.20/8
64144/65
Dear Owen ¡lughes,
Downing Street, 8.4.1.
20th August, 1945.
I understand that you have asked the Hong ong Planning Unit for some draft suggestions as
the material which should go into Directives to
ENCLOSURES
(a)
3
4
FURTHER ACTION
sent
2 Copies
Brig Redongall Winger
t
To
HK.P.V.
(b,
the senior fficer Co manding the Forces in Hong Kong; und
the C.C.A.., liong ong.
The "nit have now prepared the two annexed rafts and have asked me to pars them on to you. o in the colonial Office have not attempted any extensive revision of these documents as we have no idea of the form in which you may wish them to je cast. All that we have done therefore is to
lightly amend the wording of the passages in which the
is more directly concerned (e.g. the para-
and the graph in the Directi e to the Force Tomander about the "ual Responsibility" of the ^.0.A.A.,
eferences, to the ultimate transfer to a civil OVC rrumen
ent
If the paceage about "unl Responsibility" In the draft Directive to the Force Commander is
agreed
MAJOR AREA HINS.
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