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July, 1946, when they invited the War Office

to raise with the Colonial Office, the question

of the recruitment, strength and composition

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of/Hong Kong Police Force, bearing in mind their '

recommendation that the proportion of European

personnel should be as high as circumstances

permitted, They also agreed to defer consideration of the proposal to withdraw British

Forces from Hong Kong until the organisation and

training of the Police Force was nearing

completion.

Since the Chiefs of Staff meeting on the

25th July, we have received a letter from the

War Office asking us to consider the question of

raising a Police Force or Gendarmerie for the

Defence of Hong Kong if the Army formations are

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withdrawn. the pompe to the

We have replied by forwarding to the

War Office the Hong Kong Defence Committee paper

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We have stressed with

the War Office the views expressed in that paper

regarding the strength of the Garrison required in

Hong Kong, We have suggested to them thet further consideration of the matter should-be

deferred until the comments of the S. E.A. Defence

Committee on the Hong Kong Committee's report have

been received and studied by the Chiefs of Staff.

That is where the matter rests at present.

We shall, no doubt, peceive the observations of the

3.E.A. Defence Committee on the Hong Kong Committee's

plan in due course, and when these have been

considered here, we will let you know how matters stand.

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