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DRAFT. LETTER.

GENERAL SIR HASTINGS ISMAY,

K.C.B., D.8.0.

FURTHER ACTION.

March, 1946.

I note from the minutes of the

34th meeting of the Committee of the Chiefs

of Staff, that they invited the War Office to examine and report upon the military implication of the continuance of military government in Hong Kong after the 1st April, 1946 for a further period.

With the agreement of the War Office,

Sir Mark Young

we originally planned for

to return to Hong Kong about the middle of March to take over from Admiral Harcourt.

This date was deferred for a fortnight on

the receipt of the telegram from the C.-in-C., Hong Kong, representing that the target date for the hand-over to civil administration should not be before the

31st March. The C.-in-C. subsequently telegraphed to the Chiefs of Staff

(IZ 956 of 18th February) saying that it had been agreed with the Director of Civil Affairs, War Office, who was then visiting Hong Kong, that the hand-over to civil government should take place on mid-night

March 31st/April 1st.

We were on the point of making an announcement, in agreement with the War office, that Sir Mark Young would be

returning

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