SECRET.
14th April, 1927.
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Dear Clutterbuck,
I enclose herewith a copy of the Report of
the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of which I spoke to
you on the telephone this afternoon.
Sir Gilbert
Grindle has not seen a copy, but I told him its
general tenor. Since I saw Grindle, however, the
Chief of the Imperial General Staff has inserted in
the draft a suggestion that the Governor of Hong Kong
should be kept informed of what is going on.
After reading the Report you will know how to do this
best. My own idea is that it will suffice to ask him
to get in touch with the General Officer Commanding
and the Senior Naval Officer as to the telegrams which
have been sent to them by the War Office and Admiralty
respectively regarding possible operations against the
forts covering the approaches to Canton.
P.A. Clutterbuck, Esq., M.C.
"
your sincerely
m. p. a. Hankey
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