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Keywords
Hong Kong, secrecy, Pacific War, colonies, empire, shipping, neutrality, Sino-Japanese War, coastal defence, imperial defence, food supplies, mobilisation, naval operations, naval warfare, climate, geographic intelligence, topographical intelligence, landing places, sabotage, predicting enemy intentions, Japanese navy, military bases, railways, intelligence requirements, air warfare, civilians, invasion threat, military situation reports, Japanese strategy, Japanese army, telephone communications, surprise attacks, naval bombardment, anti-aircraft defence, Suez Canal, occupied China, amphibious operations, guerrilla warfare, threat of war with Japan, war preparations, politics, defence, ports, naval bases, manpower, colonial troops