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Wt. 29446/552 9/46 50m. S. & S. Ltd.

C. O.

Miss Ruston....

Mr. Mayle

Mr.

Mr.

Mr..

DRAFT. LETTER.

9/12/46

54144/3/46

TWO DRAFTS

10/12/46/p.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

For Miss Ruston's signature.

R.N. GILCHRIST, ESQ., C.I.E.,

Dear Mr. Gilchrist,

18th. December, 1946.

INDIA OFFICE.

FURTHER ACTION.

19 OA 54744/34/45

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Recesen fr

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or HR Heyla's

You may remember that in 1944 and

the early part of 1945 we had some

discussion about the Indian Contingent of

the Hong Kong Police Force. The only

reference of yours which I have been able

to trace is Pol 10785/45 (and this was a

letter concerned only with the rate of

exchange at which Hong Kong pensioners

should be paid in India) but you will

doubtless recollect that you were good

enough to arrange for Mr. C. H. Sansom, C.B.E.

then Commissioner of Police designate, to

visit India for the purpose of seeking the

help of the Punjab Police authorities in

a scheme by which about 300 ex-Hong Kong

Punjabi Police then on abolition terms

were to be temporarily engaged by the

Punjab Police Force pending the time they

would be required in Hong Kong.

Since then of course there have been

many developments. At one time during the

Military Administration the Commander-in-

Chief recommended that the whole project for

the recruiting and training of Indian Police

should be abandoned in view of the number

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