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(45) 271st imts of 14/11

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REINFORCEMENTS FOR HONG KONG

(Previous Reference: C.O.S.(45) 267th Mtg.

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THE COMMITTEE considered a telegramy from the NOV 1945 C-in-C. Hong Kong emphasising the need for a large proportion of British troops in the garrison of Hong Kong.

THE COMMITTEE:

1945

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40/ 6358/61.

(a) Instructed the Joint Planning Staff to take this telegram into account in their examination of SEACOS 545. (See Minute 4).

(b) Instructed the Secretary to draw the attention of the Colonial Office to that part of the telegram concerning the police force in Hong Kong.

Y IZ.10440

(TOO 120658.Z)

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