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HONG KONG - FUTURE GARRISON
(21) J.R.(46) 179 (Final)
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THE COMMITTEE had before them a report by the Joint 21anning Staff examining, in consultation with the Colonial Office, two telegrams forwarding the views expressed by the South East Asia Defence Committee
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In a discussing the conclusions and recommendations of the Joint Planning Staff, the following points were made -
Employment of Commando Brigade
SIR RHODERICK MCGRIGOR anid that the movement of No. 3 Comando Brigade from Hong Kong to Malta would in fact mean their continued misemployment. They would be assuming duties in Malta which would prevent their training for the role for which they wore organised, and he suggested that their employmont as Part of the garrison of Malta should be reviewed in a year's time.
LIEUT.-GENERAL SIMPSON said that the War Office had been forced to misemploy numbers of Army units due to the general shortage of manpower. Nevertheless, he agreed that as the Commando Brigade fulfilled n specialison role, their location in Malta should be reviewed in a years time.
Hong Kong Gendarmerie
‚ LIEUT. —G.SITRAL SIMI SON said the views of the Colonial Office,on the replacement of the military garrison of Hong Kong by a gendarmerie capable of ensuring the internal security and local protection of the Colony, were that it was premature to trekke this question since they could not foresee a time when the security of the Colony could be effected without regular troops.
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recognised the present difficulties, he suggested that discussions with the Colonial Office should still continue since there was much work to be done, particularly on planning, the type, and size o the endarmeric force required on' when this hifce #coull be risel. If this plmin yas initi tod
now, it would morn that whon circunstances permitted, the establishment of the cnarmoric force in the field encld be offccted very much more quickly, and huncu provide the quicker ithirewal of the military rrison.
He therefore suprested that the Colonial Office shoull be naked to continue discussions with the r Office on the provision of . rundermeric, even though it was not possible nt the rent to catblish a local renderri in the immulintu future.
There wng general proment with this surrustion.
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