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A suggestion was made that the Secretary of
State for War should consider the desirability of sending
out additional Battalions to Hong Kong, as unostentatiously
as possible, ith a view to a gradual increase in the
available reserves of force in the Far East in a situation
of great future uncertainty.
The Cabinet agreed
a) To approve generally the Conclusions of
the Committee of Chiefs of Staff (Paper C.P.110(27)). (b) That the First Lord of the Admiralty should
send a telegram to the Nav.1 Commander-in-Chief, for
communication also to the General Officer Commanding the Shanghai Defence Force, and to be repeated by the Naval Commander-in-Chief to Sir Miles Lompson, containing a
summary of the Report of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Conclusions in fuli (Paper C.F.110(27)) and in- viting Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt's views on the feasibility of the plans proposed as a means for putting
pressure upon the Cantonese Government:
(c)
Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, who was consulted
by the Secretary about this on the telephone, concurred
in the desirability of this action.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.