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DRAFT. LETTER
MAJOR GENERAL C.S. BUGDEN, C.B.,
0.B.E. DIRECTOR OF MILITARY OPERATIONS,
WAR OFFICE.
For Mr. Lloyd's simature.
TOP SECRET
FURTHER ACTION.
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This is in answer to your letter M.0.12/B/1105 of the 31st July addressed to Gater who is away on leave
for a few days. We were relieved to
see that the Chiefs of Staff had agreed
for the present to defer consideration
of the proposals to withdraw British forces from Hong Kong and that the policy remains as laid down in the 0.0.8. telegram Oz 1403 of the 3rd April that the garrison will remain at two brigades at present but be reduced to one
when the police force is fully
established.
viz.
In view of this decision we think
it is premature at this stage even to
start making plans for the creation of
a police force or gendarmerie on the lines you suggest. Although we realize the great difficulties with which you are faced in providing United Kingdom troops for overseas garrisons, we are unable to agree in principle that the removal of British forces from Hong Kong in the foreseeable future can be justified.
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