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Desp.,131850 Feb '46.

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Future organisation and composition of HKS under consideration

It has been sug, cstud rt might be recruited from areas in which

it is designed to servo i.c. Singapore, Talaya and Hongkong and NOT from India.

Grateful your comments on practicability this suggestion and your

views on relative suitability of various local races which could be recruited

from tipseren for service in this regt.

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