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aft of (60). The enclusions have ben terud. In particular they now

sventual ganin should t

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or a considwalle haird.

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undective" He war office is invited

s discussion with the Colonial Office to

; of plans for the formation of a at a later date.

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mnants on (62) have been sent to br

I have to write to the Adiuulty about

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should write to the Admiralty as in ite.

gram.

I have already sent them a copy

should stick to our guns over 11(b), uld tell the Joint Planners that, as Bady told them, we just cannot

the complete removal of British troops ong in the foreseeable future.

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27/9/46,

agree

also agree with Mr. Sabben-Clare

I think that we must try to persuade

ners to amend conclusion (a) in

o as to make it apply to the present

il conditions in China become more

necessary to make it subject to

, a year'a time; to omit altogether

and the references which appear

he report of a local militia; to make ial amendments in the draft telegram;

ther recommendation (c) in paragraph 12.

tion with conclusion (b) in

it might be pointed out, among other

is is the first time that a local

en mentioned. In connection with

(c) in paragraph 12, we must now,

the line which I suggested taking in

my

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my original draft at (52) on 13031/4/46, namely that the prospect of a situation arising in which the troops could be withdrawn from Hong Kong is not sufficiently near or certain to justify the preparation of a detailed scheme at present, and that if a scheme were prepared now, it would probably be very much out of date by the time the question became a live issue.

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AM 62. loaned preps to put it mor quocally to the Joint Planner it may that m

we do not

fire that any warfel peripone venit be moved

by opening discussions now with the Were Meri fac with a view to the prosites formation of a local malitia or god gendarmerie at some

dale in

must includ

the fulans check cannot be frozen. plans for the

force (amant fromation of much a conditions of a price que tent of accommodation

view defully

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plans produced now, under the extremely fleis condition preventing to they will hat the in que

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the views that a local milition

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that is the right conclusion, welthrigh air

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