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There vis considerable discussion but the following facte und conclusione finally exorged;➡

(1) It het noe buen agreed that long kong ls within coneral Chiang si ühek's command.

(2) An Anoploan operution from Free China against Canton and possibly iguinst Hong Fong in which American treino) Chinese troupe vould be used is likely to take (luce in the near future.

(3) The or (ffice consider that on the whole the ci anoou are that the depanese vill roosin in Bang as they id in kinema and not sbunden the Colony.

(4) British sneny.

In that ovent there are insufficient forces ovailable at present to cust the

(3) If, on the other hand, the Japanese left only a skeleton realstones forge in the Colony, a tokon

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(6) The \ or fiice would not be able to that Civil Affairs (rs10e:s should go into con in advance of the combatant forces.

(7) it is very de...rable that Venwel Chiang Fei Chek' egreement should now be cutɛined to the attachment of a British Civil Affairs Unit to say regalar Chinese forces who may be onçayed in operations against ng Long. This would follow the prooedent of the sproument is lied in our understanding hit: the rue.ioene 2nd put into pructice in the case of borneo. It is desirable that the opportunity should be taken of resident Trumen's present beating at @otsdam with these Minister to obtain price súerican ngreement to this proposed before

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