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F 5752/1147/0.
IMARLIATE
TOP SECRET.
Dear Price,
Foreign Office, S.. i.,
27th August 1945.
The Chiefs of Staff will have seen Chungking telegram 70. 946.
2. We do not ourselves see any thing derogatory bout signe tire by the Chiasse representative as a -itness. In fact, as the surrender is to be to Aaniral Harcourt, it would appear to be Inappropriate for other Allied representatives present to sign in any other capacity than as witnesses.
3. We nave seen the instructions to Generals Wedemeyer and MacArthur contained in J.S.E. 17 and note that, subject to receiving the all-clear from General Wedemeyer, General MacArthur is told to arrange for the surrender of Hong Kong "to the British" This seems categorical enough, but we observe from J.S.M. 16 that President Truman has been told by Chiang Asi-shek that the latter agres "to delegate his authority to accept the surrender of Hong Kong to British Commencer".
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4. It seems important therefore to know in exactly what terms the Japinese Commander in Hong Kong will be instructed to surrender oy General Oruer No.1. It is conceivable that the instruction might be to surrender to the British Commander as the delegate
Colonel C.h. Price,
Chiefs of Staff Secretariat,
Cabinet offices.
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