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Paraphrase Telegram from the Secretary of
State for the Colonies to the Governor of
Hong Kong. Sent 8.45 p.m., 7th February, 1927.
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Immediate.
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Admiralty have telegraphed as below to
Commander in Chief. Please act accordingly
and acknowledge receipt. Admiralty telegram
begins :- As it is impossible to judge the local situation from here, the Government authorise you to use the troops now arriving and on passage to the best advantage for the defence of British life at Shanghai. If, however, there is no immediate danger locally then it would be con- venient from the international point of view to disembark the leading brigade at Hong Kong. In no
case however must such considerations stand
against the safeguarding of British life for which you are responcible. ask, therefore, for
what you require for the above purpose.
Government authorise you to issue the necessary
orders to Hong Kong. Foreign Office, Colonial
Office and War Office are informing their repre-
sentatives that instructions as above have been
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