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Tel. No.-Whitehall 9400.

Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to:-

The Under-Secretary of State.

The War Office,

London, S.W.1.

and the following number quoted.

083/6153 (M. 0. 2.)

Sir,

NATIONAL

SCHEME

SECRET

THE WAR OFFICE,

F 12048

22 NOV 1939

LONDON, SW.1.

224

21st November, 1939.

I am commanded by the Army Council to enquire what Lord Halifax's views are on the question of the retention or disposal of land and barracks which will become surplus at Tientsin after the withdrawal of the infantry battalion.

I am to say that the barracks have been seriously damaged by the recent floods, and arrangements will only be made to repair properly those which are required to house the new garrison.

I am to point out the barracks are situated in an area of the city where buildings and land used to be valuable. With the exception of some married quarters the barracks are together in one compound, and in consequence certain difficulties would arise in the disposal of the surplus buildings.

The Under Secretary of State,

The Foreign Office,

Downing Street,

S.W.1.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

لسه احساست

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