CO129-580-9 Air Raid precautions- supply of equipment 14-2-1939 - 24-11-1939 — Page 36

SECRET.

53871/39

36

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

14th February, 1939.

Sir,

I have the honour to forward for your

consideration and advice a statement of this Government's

9/53871///37.

Secret despatch of 5th April, 1938) intentions in respect of air raid to Secretary of State, Secrét

/despatch of 27th May, 1938, from precautions. Recent correspondence 4 Secretary of State. Secret despatch)

See of 23rd September from Secretary of) on this subject is noted marginally.

State.)/5387/1/38. 2.

Since the first of these cited despatches was

sent this Government has had under consideration the

whole question of the precautions against air raids to

be adopted in this Colony, and, since the total cost is

much in excess of what could be afforded in a single year,

of the order in which the measures which are held to be

necessary should be put into force. These measures may

be grouped as follows:-

(1) Education of the community in anti-air raid

precautions:

(2) Recruitment and training of air raid precautions

personnel in decontamination, first aid and similar

services:

(3) Provision of respirators, protective clothing and

(4)

storage of the same:

Fire fighting appliances:

(5) Anti-air raid equipment: e.g. medical stores, rescue

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

plant, alarm signals, sand bags, decontamination

stores and storage of the same:

MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,

&C.,

&C.,

&C.