CO129-591-19 Liberation of Hong Kong- requests by Chinese Government before signing formal surrender 30-8-1945 - 14-9-1945 — Page 40

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311215H/August

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From N.A. Chungking

Date Time 0445

2/9/45

I.D. C. by T/P

CORRECT VERSION

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Addressed T.G.

111.02

Repeated: Admiralty, Navy Office E.I., Navy Office B.P.F.

IMPORTANT

5A My 300955%.

Information requested by (? Chinese)

before final signature of surrender.

(a) Lists of all land, air and anti-aircraft reserves

showing location and strength in officers and men

(b) Lists of all aircraft, military, naval and civil, giving complete information as to number, type, characteristics, location and (? condition) of such aircraft.

(c) Lists of all Japanese and Japanese controlled naval

vossels, surface, submarino and (? auxiliary. patrol) craft in or out of commission and under construction, giving their position and condition.

(a) Lists of, and position and condition of, all Japanoso

and Japanese controlled merchant vossels of over (?100) gross tons and in (?or) out of commission and under construction, including (?merchant vessels) formerly belonging (? to any) of United Nations (?which aro) now in Japanese hands.

(o) Completo and detailed information, accompanied by

mops, showing location and layout of all minos, minefielċe and other obstacles to movement by land, sea.or and (give) safety lanes connected therowith.

air

(f) Location and description of all Japanese controlled,

or utiliz(?od) or owned, in whole or part, directly or indirectly, factories, plants, shops, roscarch institutions (laboratories), testing stations, technical data patants, plan drawings and inventions dosigned or intended to produce or to facilitate production cr use of all implomonts of war and other material and property usod by, or intended for use by, any military or part-military Japaneso controlled organization in connoxion with its oporations.

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