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FROM : MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, LONDON
TO : G.H.Q. FAR EAST LAND FORCES
COSSEA 690
22nd June, 1949
For FEDSEC for British Defence Co-ordination Committee from Chiefs of Staff.
Reference COSSEA 689. Our immediately following telegram contains text of directive for Commander, British Forces, Hong Kong, which has been approved by Defence Committee for formal transmission to General Festing by Commanders-in-Chief, Far East.
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D.C.O.R.
Foreign Office
War Registry, Admiralty
Message Control, War Office
Registry Telegrams, Air Ministry
Chief of Combined Operations Staff
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Secretary of State for Colonies
Colonel Leisching
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