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ANNEX I

DRAFT TELEGRAM

From:

A.M.S.S.0.

То:

BRITCHIN.

Rotd. Admiral Harcourt,

Following from Chiefs of Staff to Cartwright.

Reference G.2005/S.

1. With the exception of your paragraph 4(c) to which we refer below, you can now agree with Chinese requests provided you make it clear that we shall interpret the agreement as meaning that Admiral Harcourt is the arbiter of his own needs.

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The request for airfield and port facilities in your paragraph 4(c) seems to us in a different category. The Chinese are asking for British facilities in a British Colony which is quite different from asking for the handing over of captured Japanese equipment. We must retain the responsibility for allocating the priorities on airfield and port facilities. You should, however, make it clear that wo are in sympathy with the Chinese needs for these facilities and will do our best to meet them. We assume that in view of the strain on Hong Kong, the Chinese will make fullest possible use of facilities in the Canton area.

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