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Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

To:

Draft

TELEGRAM/SAXINGRAM

GOVERNOR,

HONG KONG

4/12

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skin.

Permt. U.S. of S.b

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To be transmitted :-

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Further action :-

2.T.P.

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Priority :-

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Reply urgently required.

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Important. IMPORTANT, Immediate.

Most Immediate.

File No.

4

Kacy Lived

&

Sent.

отр

BOD hour

6/12 1941

No. 1259

Restricted. Confidential.

Secret.

Top Secret.

S

The question has been raised whether with

object of preventing serious influx of refugees

and communist infiltration the land frontier

of Hong Kong could be closed at short notice

at an early date.

2.

It has been suggested that it might be

possible to enlist special Hong Kong frontier

guard and/or to raise gendarmerie under control

of Commissioner of Police for this purpose

3.

That w

I note your view that there is no need

at present for alarm, but that if any large

influx of refugees occur, you would then

endeavour with assistance of military to close

}

frontier (your telegram 1068 paragraph 3 and 4

refer).

4. But I am anxious to mete

know:

(i) what numerical force would be

necessary?

(ii) to what numerical extent military

required 2

assistance would be reforpod?

special

(iii) whether such forces could be raised

locally as suggested above and if so

what