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military operations and that the authority

of the civil government remains in other

respect unimpaired. r Harcourt regrets,

however, that he is not able to accept

the interpretation of the words "military

operations" suggested by the Council. It

appears to him that this interpretation

is hardly consistent with the words

"immediately connected with" which are

used in paragraph 2 of your letter under

acknowledgment;

Expressim

that however widely the

perde "military operations" are to be

interpreted,

full effect must be given to

the words mentioned, and that the first

two examples given in the latter part

of paragraph 2 of your letter ust

be strictly qualified in this respect.

With regard to the third example,

the power of seizing land or material

for naval or military purposes, Kr Harcourt

observes

moreover 25. Hancoral

advised that Reset pores

not such

jave be conferred on military authorities over Camp follows under the army

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and, surice the Army Council appear to

that special

agree action is

not af

present necessary

in Hory Kony,

observes that these powers are already

conferred on the Governor by Article

3 (6) and (7) of the Order in Council

and it seems impossible therefore to

argue that they are conferred on the

General ufficer Commanding by Article

3 (1).

3.

Jo As, however, as far as Hong

Kong is concerned, the necessity for

military operations is now, for the

reasons given in paragraph of the

Colonial Office letter of the 18th of

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Larch, AM, practically speaking,

at an end, the effect of the interpreta-

tion of these vords with regard to (old from offaen Vo be

Hong Kong of comparatively little

importancer Harcourt would,

Granada, with the concurrence of the

Army Council, propose to telegraph

to the Governor in the terms of the

draft telegram enclosed herewith.

4.

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