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British military liaison mission to regular Chinese Forces would have the added advantage of ensuring that the se forces did not by one means or another facilitate indirectly, the capture of Hong Kong by their brothers in the guerrilla forces and the setting up therepf

a Chine se administration.

I think, therefore, that from our point of view, the Ambassador's proposal has every- thing to recommend it. Particularly the suggestion in paragraph 5 that similar liaison arrangements should be made with whatever Forces are to be given the re spon- sibility for the invasion of Hong Kong by

It would be right and necessary that such British liaison personnel (attached to seaborne invading forces) should be kept closely informed and in touch with the personnel of the proposed Emergency Unit.

sea.

I do not think the se proposals affect Mr. McDougall's suggestion (it is at present with the Foreign Office) that a branch of the Hong Kong Planning Unit should be established in China since this would be a civilian organisation.

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