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Coveralinim. He is not empowered under General (rdor 10.1

in Canoral

to accept the nurrender of General kumura under one overall Command Hong Kong falls till after signature of main imtrument by lhcArthur dy therefore should a small port of Conoralissimos' Sarand be empowered to surrouler before he himself has received

the ocsontinl overall nurrender in the Ching theatre.

Pure 2. The Colerslinsincs' attitude lo quite clear.

hen his representative noota General Okumura a day or two

after the Tokyo surronor foner vill instruct letter to

nominate local subordinate onders whose surrender General-

issinon' nominated auboriimto Camuxera vill talo. In

deference to our wishes and in accordance with Gomar 1 Order

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110.1 Admiral Harcourt will be nominated in respect of liong Kong.

The Cince ark and London noons to support then not possiblo

valid objection we can have to Gds procedure!

arn 3. Assuning tada aprecont vere accapted tho

Chinese and incidentally the Americaue would certainly publi-

cise the Phat tho ritiru were appovered to accept the

surrender of Hong Kong by the Generalissino. Yot surely the only thing that really matters is that we, after suffering a

wo

grievous defeat at Hong Kong in 1941 have in our turn accepted the surrender of our quarry there in 1015; however indirect our

own contribution to that happy ovent (gp undecipherable)

of necessity and unfortunately (gm'undecipherable).

Para 4. It is not for me to coment on the

implications of a corivua disoprooment with the Generalissimo at this noment. laver the less I fool in duty bound to express the opinion that if as at present seems likely, I fall to secure the presence of Chinese and American representatives at the

cong long surrender latter will to regarded by both as a

/urdlateral..

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