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SECTION IV.
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HONG KONG DEFENCE PLAN.
MAVAL PLAN.
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(a)
TASK OF HAVAL FORCES.
HONG KONG is consired indefensible against a serious attack by a major power in occupation of the ininland of China.
In order to meet the scale of attack envisaged in Section III the tasks of the Naval Forcus defonding HONG KONG will be:
To soek out and destroy enemy naval forces attacking the Colony.
(b)
To seek out and destroy organized enemy amphibious assault
forces before they reach their objective.
(c)
To provide bombardment support for land forces.
(a)
(e)
(2)
(g)
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(1)
To provide the required lift by soa for our own land forces in the vicinity of Hong Kong. Section V Paragraph I (e).
To suppress piracy and other acts of violence during periods of unr.st.
To provide ruf Zelent fine matrole to assist (c) and to prevent the infiltration gents and the smuggling of
arms into the Colony.
To help establishment of « RADAR network by ricans of Picket ships.
To ensure the freo passage of slips in swept channels clear of min.
To protect shipping in harbour and docks against attack by limpets and sabotage from midget underwater craft and junks.
(3)
To assist in ferrying replacement aircraft should overland routes be out of action.
(I)
To provide inval Air Arm spotter aircraft for bombardments.
(1)
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To provide a reserve of fighter defence and air support. FORMATION OF LOCAL DEFENCE FLOTIILA.
The formation of a local defence flotilla is considered to
bo the most efficient way of meeting attacks in (a), (b) and (e) above. The only enemy naval forces likely to be encountered are light craft, landing craft and motor junks. Even in time of comparativo quiet acts of piracy against all tyres of coasting merchant vessels can be expected and it is proposed tule, one flotilla of 4 destroyers or frigates, augaentod as necessary by the British Pacific Fleet, should be sufficient for this duty.
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