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C. O.
Mr. Poynton.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr...
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
For Sir George Gater's signature.
16.
DRAFT.
GENERAL SIR HASTINGS ISMAY,
KCB., DSO.
FURTHER ACTION.
Copy to:-
J. Sterndale-BennettEcq.,
Foreign Office.
Mr. Hall has seen telegram JSM 15
of the 22nd August about the surrender of
Hong Kong and the minutes of Item 2 of
the C.0.S. (45) 203rd Meeting, also dated
22nd August, about the delay in the
Japanese surrender. He has asked me to
write to you in the following sense as
he is very much worried about the
proposals relating to Hong Kong.
In JSM 15 it is reported that the
United States Chiefs of Staff consider
that the arrangements for the surrender
of Hong Kong should be co-ordinated by the
British with the Chinese and that their
point would not be met if they merely
passed