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en they invited the War Office
the Colonial Office, the question
tment, strength and composition
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that the proportion of European
uld be as high as circumstances
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of the proposal to withdraw British
ong Kong until the organisation and
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Chiefs of Staff meeting on the
have received a letter from the
king us to consider the question of
ice Force or Gendarmerie for the
ng Kong if the Army formations are
thirefore foresawes
We have refited by forwarding to the
God
e Hong Kong Defence Committee paper
as a remeet nothing father 1,), (ogether with the copy of the
Done
Forkenality this
Hong Kong Defence Committee's paper
reached in about the same time.
We have stressad with
a the views expressed in that paper
atrength of the Garrison required in
We have auggested to them that
deration of the matter-should-be
1 the commente of the S.E. A. Defence
the Hong Kong Committee's report have
and studied by the Chiefs of Staff.
where the matter rests at present.
doubt, receive the observations of the e Committee on the Hong Kong Committee's
ourse, and when these have been
re,
we wil let you know how matters stand.
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Dear Sudgen
6th September, 1946. 55
In Gater's absence I am replying to your lutter (No. 1012/B/979) of the 31st August about the question of the future Garrison o Hong Kong. lie quite agree to your circulating the note, a copy of which you enclosed in your ictter.
On a small point, we suggest that the first sentence of Annex V to the Note should read "We understand from the Colonial office that the Hong Kong Lefence Committee recently submitted
to the South East Asia elence Committee a report etc.", since the report was actually, according to our information," forwarded not to SAC JNA, but to the Secretary of the South East Asia' Defence Committee.
Yours sincerely,
(Sgd.) A.J. Dawe.
MAJOR GENERAL C.S. SUGDEN, C.B., C.B.E.
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