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Mr. Sidebotham.

It occurs to me

on offer some 60,000

[ of whom have been trained

since we have art-

in Iraq an as K. A. F. police

and guards whether it would not be possible to use some of these in Hong Kong.

We

are taking the first party to North Borneo, but we could easily obtain a further consignment for the Police Force and Frontier Force in Hong Kong, al short notice.

Before the war in Hong Kong they used Sikhs, but I take it this source has now dried up, and in any case the Sikh is so unreliable that I would hesitate to

enlist any more even if they were available.

Could you let me have your

comments on this proposal please?

the,

8th December, 1948.

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