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DAFT TEIEGRALI

FROM:

CABINET OFFICES

TO:

SACSDA

COSSLA

July, 1946.

Following from Chiefs of Staff.

Reference SMACOS 727.

fe have consulted Jolonial Office who that in matters of dispute arising between and Service authorities in Hong Kong, the following conditions would apply:-

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(i) In cases of dispute between civil

and Service authorities immediately affecting strategic issues concerning the South East Asia zone, the matter would properly be the purview of the British Defence Committee, South East 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.

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