CO129-591-12 Military Administration- Civil affairs- directives to force commander and senior officials 24-2-1945 - 13-9-1945 — Page 133

C.O.

REGISTERED No.

DRAFT AND RECORD COPY

LETTER SENT

DATE

сл

DRAFT

MR. Paskin

MR.

MR.

99.8.20/8

64144/65

Dear Owen ¡lughes,

Downing Street, 8.4.1.

20th August, 1945.

I understand that you have asked the Hong ong Planning Unit for some draft suggestions as

the material which should go into Directives to

ENCLOSURES

(a)

3

4

FURTHER ACTION

sent

2 Copies

Brig Redongall Winger

t

To

HK.P.V.

(b,

the senior fficer Co manding the Forces in Hong Kong; und

the C.C.A.., liong ong.

The "nit have now prepared the two annexed rafts and have asked me to pars them on to you. o in the colonial Office have not attempted any extensive revision of these documents as we have no idea of the form in which you may wish them to je cast. All that we have done therefore is to

lightly amend the wording of the passages in which the

is more directly concerned (e.g. the para-

and the graph in the Directi e to the Force Tomander about the "ual Responsibility" of the ^.0.A.A.,

eferences, to the ultimate transfer to a civil OVC rrumen

ent

If the paceage about "unl Responsibility" In the draft Directive to the Force Commander is

agreed

MAJOR AREA HINS.

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