ANNEX SECRET 44/407 Secretary, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee. Operations in China The strategical Planning Section would be very grateful for answers to the following:1. Assuming that Japanese succeed in reopening HankowCanton railway as envisaged in J.I.C. (44) 266 (0) what force could the Japanese maintain in the Hongkong-Canton area assuming sea route cut 'by occupation of Formosa? 2. What would be Japanese and Chinese reaction to capture of Hongkong-Canton from. sea? The object or this enquiry is to find whether we should be able to open a land supply route to China and what sort of a continuing commitment we should have in Hongkong-Canton area.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- China Formosa
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/123/30
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 81/123
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0123.030
- Keywords
- Military Operations Sino-japanese War Operations Planning Contingency Planning
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff Joint Planning Staff
- Pages
- 2
- Persons Discussed
- Edward King-Salter
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
