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C. O.

Mr..

Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Hamis

19/2

Morgan 19/2. Sidebotham 19/2

94001/28/49

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. S.

Minister of State

Secretary of State

DRAFT A.

25

Your Reference.....

cos 96/14/1/9

DRAFT.

5/0 letter

For Mr. Morgan's signature.

Secret

Lt. Col. P.R. M. WATERFIELD, MBE.

Cabinet Office:

dup of (21)

copy

capes of DRAFT B

24r2.49

Dear Waterfield

Please

to

refer

your

(2)

letter of the

14th January

about the

defence of

Hong Kong.

2.

I enclose

сору

of the governor of Hong

Kong's telegram 113

which the view is

in

FURTHER ACTION.

1) DRAFT B/below

2) Series of minutes

Flagged 'A' to be

registered oril supplies Dept papers is directed in. Mr. Morris's minute of 1572. 3. Paper Flagged 'I' to be

returned to M. SIDEBUTHAM

be done,

A

expressed that

no

wiring

of

the frontier

should

even

under

the

pretext of the

Customo

Agreement, until a

threat

/am

appears