TNAG-0061-FCO40-97-Strength-of-Hong-Kong-garrison-1968 — Page 48

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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted. Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

In Confidence

Sir David Touch KCMG

Hàng nóng.

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

Since Arthur Galsworthy is away

in

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your

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of

letter to him

of 9th July about the future string th structure of the Hong Kong Garrison. Following the decision of

on 29 May

Ministers

about a psomanent fighter to which Arthur referred

inn

NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN

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139

paragraph

3

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his letter of

10th June

Time),

the Minishyg

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of Defence put in hand a study

on

the

a small air defence force

feasibility of fin, Hong Kong. Their resulting report (a copy of which I now enclone)

affroved

towards the end of

coas

June by

the Chiefs of Staff who at the same

143

time gaur

instructions that

the

Commander-in-Chief, Far East, shouls

out a

frother

and more

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The matter

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