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pana de la Hung Hap:)
craft 3ix of these are, however,
and must be returned to America in
hiefs of Staff, before agreeing that
.d be retained in Hong Kong, have
information about the purposes for
equired and the local facilities for
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3.E. A. Defence Committee have
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35 and 86).
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Hong Kong was not open to large scale
a, asked that, with a view to the
of the British garrison as soon as
r Office and the Colonial Office
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h could in due course take the place
8. This proposal was withdrawn for
ation in the light of a report
nce Committee that the possibilities
ttack from China still remain, and are
for an indefinite period. The have now accepted that the withdrawal
roops is not practicable "at present"
aced it on record that they adhere
the ultimate plan must be to replace
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plans to that end should be worked out in advance in
consultation between the Colonial Office and the War
Office.
We have, in consultation with the Staff
Officers of the Joint Planning Staff resisted the
suggestion that there should be any planning for a
gendarmerie, but although we seemed to convince the (77) Staff Officera, the Joint Planners and the Chiefs of
Staff themselves have not accepted our view.
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