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I am writing to let you know how matters
stand here regarding the question of the garrison
The South East Asia Defence of Hong Kong.
Committee will, by now, have received the
Hong Kong Defence Committee's report (P/1/140/G(F)1),
a copy of which was sent to us by Sir Mark Young.
You will also be aware of the decision of the Defence Committee here to the effect that Hong
Kong should be regarded as an undefended Port and
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that it could not be defended against a major
power in occupation of the mainland of China.
Defence Committee agreed, however, that Hong Kong
could be used as an operational Naval and Air
base in a war in the Pacific in which China was ih
friendly hands.
As a result of this policy and the stringent
Recently manpower situation the War Office have put
forward the suggestion that, as a long term policy,
from Hanging Army formations should be entirely withdrawn th
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local defence of the Colony against guerillas
and raiders being undertaken by locally raised
gendarmerie with British officers and N.C.08.
The Chiefs of Staff have considered the question
on various occasions, the last being on the 25th
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