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Command of Services in Hong Kong after
resumption of Civil Government
It is at present proposed that Sir Mark Young,
the Governor of Hong Kong, should return to the Colony
to resume his duties, neluding the titular appointmentTM
of Commander-in-Chief, about the middle of March, and that
the administration of the Colony should thereupon be
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It will be
handed over to the civil administration.
will be reviewed
necessary to review this proposal in the light of the
Chiefs of Staff Committee conclusions on the telegram
from the Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong, I.Z.548/T.0.0. (Nevertheless, as the Cani-C has suffered he sin of Mawn as a 280720, but it seems unlikely that any deferment of the ar
appeopnati resumption of civil administration,
would
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now to corride the questions which would then arise, of the come creant of beyond the middle of March. the service's in Hong Kong.
2.
On Sir Mark Young's return, Admiral Harcourt
will cease to be head of the military administration and the directive appointing him Commander of all the forces of the three Services stationed in the Colony will
presumably have to be modified or cancelled.
3.
The Chiefs of Staff are, therefore, invited
to consider what arrangements should be made for the
command of the three Services in Hong Kong after the
return of the Civil Governor.
They will no doubt be
aware that before the war there were separate commanders
for each Service. It is suggested that the arrangements
for the command of the Services in Ceylon, now that the
post of Commander-in-Chief has been abolished, might
In this be a possible guide (C.0.8.(45)289th meeting). connection, however, the Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong, in paragraph 7 of his telegram to the Chiefs of Staff, I.Z.548, on the subject of the hand over to civil administration, has expressed the view that the civil governor will need a Fortress Commander to integrate Service arrangements of the Colony on his behalf.
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