H.M. Ambassador,
CHUNGKING
MOST IMMEDIATE
TOP SECRET
ANNEX II
August, 1945.
My immediately preceding telegram.
Please inform Generalissimo that
Telegram No. 955
British Chiefs of Staff:-
(a) undertake, so far as the
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Repeat to:
Washington
S.E.A.C.
(for Mr. Dening)
Cabinet dist.
2.
conditions of the port allow,
to
give full facilities through the
Hong Kong area for the assistance
and support of Chinese and
American forces who may still be
either engaged against the enemy
or involved in securing the
surrender of Japanese forces in
the hinterland;
(b) make themselves responsible on the
British side for arranging
military co-ordination with the
Generalissimo on these matters.
You should add that the British Chiefs
of Staff have made a similar communication
to the United States Chiefs of Staff.
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