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g Kong and 3.E.A. Defence Committee

pana de la Hung Hap:)

craft 3ix of these are, however,

and must be returned to America in

hiefs of Staff, before agreeing that

.d be retained in Hong Kong, have

information about the purposes for

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Hong Kong was not open to large scale

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of the British garrison as soon as

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ttack from China still remain, and are

for an indefinite period. The have now accepted that the withdrawal

roops is not practicable "at present"

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plans to that end should be worked out in advance in

consultation between the Colonial Office and the War

Office.

We have, in consultation with the Staff

Officers of the Joint Planning Staff resisted the

suggestion that there should be any planning for a

gendarmerie, but although we seemed to convince the (77) Staff Officera, the Joint Planners and the Chiefs of

Staff themselves have not accepted our view.

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