CO129-591-16 Liberation of Hong Kong- arrangements in the event of the collapse of Japan 3-8-1945 - 1-8-1950 — Page 76

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Mr. Wallinger, Chungking

NO....

Cypher 0.T.P.

Cabinet dist.

For concurrence

of:

C.0.S.,

C.0.

IMMEDIATE.

SECRET,

One of the most urgent tasks after

Japanese surrender will be reoccupation of

key areas in occupied territories in order to

enforce surrender and expedite the

disarmament of Japanese forces.

2.

We should like Generalissimo

to know at once that we are arranging for

the despatch of the necessary British forces

to reoccupy and restore the administration of

abro

Hong Kong and to ensure the control of the

headquarters of the Japanese southern armies

which is at Saigon.

3. Events have overtaken the discussion

of Command boundaries in Indo-China and the

Japanese surrender will in our view make it

unnecessary to pursue the question further.

We trust that Chiang Kai-shek will agree that

our common object should now be to restore

to France

the French administration of Indo-China/and

to introduce French forces and administrators

for this purpose as soon as they are available.

4. Please make an urgent communication

on the above lines.