CO129-591-18 Liberation of Hong Kong- arrangements for Japanese surrender 15-8-1945 - 19-4-1946 — Page 198

27B Wt. 55320/406 50m. 3/45 G.N.Ld. 748

C. O.

Mr. Poynton.

Mr.

Mr.

Mr...

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

For Sir George Gater's signature.

16.

DRAFT.

GENERAL SIR HASTINGS ISMAY,

KCB., DSO.

FURTHER ACTION.

Copy to:-

J. Sterndale-BennettEcq.,

Foreign Office.

Mr. Hall has seen telegram JSM 15

of the 22nd August about the surrender of

Hong Kong and the minutes of Item 2 of

the C.0.S. (45) 203rd Meeting, also dated

22nd August, about the delay in the

Japanese surrender. He has asked me to

write to you in the following sense as

he is very much worried about the

proposals relating to Hong Kong.

In JSM 15 it is reported that the

United States Chiefs of Staff consider

that the arrangements for the surrender

of Hong Kong should be co-ordinated by the

British with the Chinese and that their

point would not be met if they merely

passed