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Governor,
HONG KONG.
Mr.
Radford 21/3
Mr..
Hall 21/3 atma
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Mr.
Mr.
Sir
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
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Tamsui telegram No.3. to Peking repeated to you as my
tel. No. 311.
Nationalist soldiers.
It had not been appreciated here that many of the *
soldiers shipped to Formosa were able-bodied.
F.0. are
advised that to send back able-bodied soldiers to
insurgents, such as the Nationalists, might be regarded as
intervention in a civil war and that the Central People's
Government might well regard our actions as unfriendly.
From your telegram No. 1295 of 3rd December 1949 it
appears that the Chinese Communist authorities have them-
selves sent some of these Nationalist soldiers down to
Hong Kong. Please report whether any able-bodied
Nationalist soldiers remain in Hong Kong and if so whether
these were sent down by the Communist authorities.
In
the meantime please do not send any more to Formosa.
Distribution:-
F.o.
M. J.S.H. Shattock of copies)
Further action:-
Wt. 21408/757 rom 7.48 Wa. & Co. 51/3