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governed by the following conditions:-

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(i) In cases of dispute between civil

and Service authorities immediately affecting the strategic issues concerning the South East Asia Zone, the matter would properly be the purview of the british Defence Committee, South Sast Asia and should be referred to them in the first place.

(ii) In cases of dispute between the Service and civil authorities on administrative or other subjects, which were solely the local concern of the colony of Hong Kong, the matter should be referred to London for decision.

The above interpretation would appear to be compatible with the instructions issued to the Governor-General of Malaya (see paragraph 3 of SEACOS 727) and would meet the position of the military commanders in Hong Kong.

5. If this proves acceptable to the Colonial Office, I have been instructed

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OFFICES OF THE CABINET

AND MINISTER OF DEFENCE,

GREAT GEORGE STREET,

S.W.I

16th July, 1946.

In George laten? I ausd (67)

in

Chiefs of Staff this morning

red the comments of the British Defence

pe, South Dast sia contained in

'27 (attached) about the position of the

ies in Hong Kong in referring matters

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ite between civil and 3ervice authorities

er Singapore or London for decision.

› Chiefs of Staff thought that any

:tation must be governed largely by tive positions of the Governors of nd Hong Kong to each other and

s the Colonial Office.

the military point of view, as the

.rs of the three Services at Hong Kong >onsible to their respective

rs-in-Chief, located, in the case of

and Royal Air Force at Singapore, Navy to C.-in-C., B.P.F., the Chiefs of inion is that arrangements could be

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