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Mr. Lloyd
Mr. Panin
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IMPORTANT
OUTWARD TELEGRAM
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TO HONG KONG (81r M. Young)
FROM S. OF 9. COLONIES.
Bent 29th July, 1946. 23.15 hrs.
No.604 Top Secret.
Addressed Governor Hong Kong. Repeated
Governor-General Malaya No.115.
y telegram No.411,, not repeated to Governor-
General Malaga:
Command
fces in Hong Kong..
Acting Supreme Allied Opmmander South East Asia has informed chiefs of star that in opinion of British Defonco Committee in South East Asia correct procedure
in event of disagreement arising between service and civil requirements witch cannot be resolved locally is to rofor in the first placa to the South East Asia Defence Committee rather than rect to fiondon.
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..2.. As you know this Committee has recently been set up in Singapore and is composed of Governor-General, who is Chairman, - Acting. Supreme Allied Commander and Special Commissioner, Its functions are to co-ordinate the defence of British territories in South East Asia, including liaison with Dominion and foreign Governments. Although Hong Kong In outside Governor-General's sphere of authority the paper Laying down his status and duties states that he will A kept informed about the, civil and political interests Hor Kong and thus be enabled to represent those interests n all matters coming within the purview of the Defonce Committee in South East AIA.
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