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and writially Rad in mind
componite Fora on the modil the Paleo tare Place,
their-recommendation that the proportion
of European personnel should be as high as
circumstances permitted, They also agreed to
defer consideration of the proposal to
withdraw British Froces from Hong Kong until
the organisation and training of the Police
Force was nearing completion.
Since the Chiefs of Staff meeting on
the 25th July, we have received a letter from
the War office asking us to consider the
question of raising a Police Force or
Gendarmerie for the Defence of Hong Kong if
We
the Army formations are withdrawn.
forwarded
have replied by forwarding to the War office
Fakinately you
Disportit. Aamshed
Us at about the pome time.
the Hong Kong Defence Committee paper (P/1/10/G(F)1,
together with the copy of the Governor General's
telegram,
and as a seamet nothing further
We have stressed with the War Office
is likely to be done
the views expressed in that paper regarding the
atrength of the Garrison required in Hong Kong.
We have suggested to them that further consideration
further
of the matter should be deferred until the comments
of the S.E.A. Defence Committee on the Hong Kong
Committee's report have been received and
studied by the Chiefs of Staff,
That is where the matter rests at present.
We shall, no doubt, receive the observations of the
S. E.A. Defence Committee on the Hong Kong Committee's
plan in due course, and when these have been considered
here, we will let you know how matters stand.
his policy and the stringent
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