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Jifferent «icture from that reflected 's' Report, and it sechs to us to
Ina new eractive. The Hong Kong ntet the effective strength of the
st ʼn survioient deterrent to attack by
ny ust be an unfair inference that
It
of the Britich garrison might in itself such an attack, "ani if it were to
ich the Louri Committee envisage
be xpected to resist it successfully.
unle repent aonditions of man-power Just is taken but neither the
the Defence Comittee have hitherto
considering this roblem in the light by the Service and civil authorities
hope you will agree that it would be the postion of catablishing a local
to tok the place of the garrison
hes be a rully exrmined.
De
nec Committer will no doubt soon
nte n the Hong Kong Committee's
aru mecivol, they, together with tho bly care bore the Chicfe of stoff,
we should ropose that the question of 11 atrai or until the Chiefs of Staff
r less inortont footors
to be riv..n some cideration Bine or a rend-herie is prepared 1 Cinancu. o lo not sc th t there
ving in British -n-power if the
c tile Palestine Palice, to contain
Surapcens, no tiene ur-penns would
omarving solliers or young men drces; and, on finance,
Idol a tie Treasury Tould have to be
M cost of the ginlarmeric.
A glugg the cost of raising the
They
fluet fall on the prit lsh" taxpayer,
atieriod that it was quite impossible ine in Hong Kon", at any rate 90 i-punteniled.
"her now with the rporation of
• a remi¬?meric, we shouli, ne n first rompre, win is of course very fully it. ut I hope that in view of the
you will agree that the matter should V rete for the prosent.
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