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I am afraid that my time was so fully taken
up last week with British Council work that this
Paper had to be delayed. Meanwhile, as will be seen
from Nos. 85
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87, there have been developments.
The main points are:-
(1) British Garrison.
The Governor and the S.E. A. Defence
Committee have urged that until April 1947 the Hong Kong garrison should consist of 2 British infantry brigades and 2 field artillery regiments with ancillary troops. After April 1947, when the local police and volunteer forces will it is estimated be able to take over certain commitments, 1 infantry brigade and 1 field artillery regiment would, they thought, suffice, provided that a second infantry brigade and a second field artillery regiment were available as reinforcements at short notice if necessary. The Governor attaches special importance to the provision of field artillery in Hong Kong, and in his telegram at No. 79, expressed very considerable
apprehensions about a proposal (of which when the telegram reached us we had not heard) that all artillery should be withdrawn from Hong Kong.
The
The present garrison consists of 1 Indian Brigade and 1 Commando Brigade. No artillery. Chiefs of Staff contemplated (No.85) that this garrison should be maintained until April 1947, when it should be reduced to 1 infantry brigade and 1 field artillery regiment, one additional infantry brigade being earmarked from the forces in S. E.A.C.
as a reserve for the reinforcement of Hong Kong if
necessary.
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