CO129-591-14 Military Administration- liaison with Chinese and American forces 11-4-1945 - 25-7-1945 — Page 57

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Your despatch No. 682 Cor June 20th 7 will be considered in Detail in relation to work on which Gir Allan now started and to scheme for more eo arehsasive liaison

ission with Advance leadquarters suggested in your telegram. No. 379 of april 17th

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2. e hope that appoint.sent of econo io liaison officer will shortly be approved by our office who are in communication with General Hayes about rank etc. Our present conception is that such an officer sould be a zouber or General Hayes's stair with the special duty of ensuring continuous contact between the Subassy and the British Military authorities on the one had the c-s on the other. The Ecope of this liaison will no Loubt quic<ly expand and questions of detailed directive, cubordinate stair any relation to Chinese will arias. But we should pefer to leave these questione until the officer selveted has arrived in hulgaine who we can see a little

ore clearly what is likely to be required.

3. Though 06! auxious to show goodwill we are a little mystified by proposal in penultimate sentence of your despatch under reference and do not understand for what purpose it is proposed that etsile of British seseto in Froe, repeat Free, Ching should be communicated to G particularly as majority of such acuots are already là use by owners. British finne issions ay, e feul, be critical of any such proposal and we should appreciate further information as to its object and value before authorising action on lines suggested in last paragraph of despatch.

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C. O. KELLY