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That a major war between the powers is unlikely for the next five years
That the threat during this period may come from an army led by a War Lord from the South CHINESE Provinces.
That internal unrest and civil war in CHINA might lead to a guerilla army marching on the Colony.
That an attacking force would be mainly military, possibly supported by a small ill-trained technically inferior air force; the attack possibly sup orted by piratical raids on coastal shipping.
That the scale of attack by land forces would not exceed 75,000 troops.
In round terms the following forces would be required for the defence of assumed above:
the Colony to meet the threat of an attack on the lines
Royal Navy.
It is assumed that, support from the BRITISH Pacific Fleet
might not be available immediately, except for air group of one Light
Fleet Carrier and a Fleet Requirements Unit.
A local defence flotilla of Four Destroyers or Frigates
Two River Gunboats
Two Flotillas of eight Harbour
Defence Motor Launches
The following craft for combined operations :
Six Landing Craft Tank
Six Landing Craft Infantry (Large)
AZTV.
One Division, less one Infantry Brigade Group.
Certain anti-aircraft defences.
Royal Air Force.
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One Single Engined Fighter Squadron with P.R. element embodied.
A detachment of three Night Fighters.
One Long Range Flying Boat general reconnaissance aquadron. Detachments of aircraft to cover the following requirements:
Meteorological, air sea rescue and
communication.
Radar Cover.
JOINT PLANNING STAFF (LONDON) COMMENTS,
(a) On 8th April the Joint Planning Staff examined the recommendations of the C-in-C, HONG KONG, in his paper referred to
in Paragraph 2 above and, based on factors outlined in the paper, came to the following conlusions :
*JP (46) 10 Revised Final 8th April, 1946.
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