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(A) Appreciation by Hong Kong Defence Committee P/1/140/c(F)1 of 4th July 1946 pages 2, 4 and 8.
(B). British Defence Committee in S. H. A. minutes 55th August, page 16.
M(0) S... Top Secret telegram Cabinet office of Gin Septomber, paragraph 3.
3. It le also essential that manpower allocations for manning and maintenance of these vessels be made urgent, as I en informed that otherwise craft will probably become unnerviosable for providing lift and possibly unsaleable
I request Admiralty axuapt for scrapping in 6 months time.
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