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SECHRI'l'Y

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CO-ORDINATION
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Ontario.

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:4aJor-General
R.I!. Gibson, c.e.E.,
National
Defenc• Headquarlors,
Ottawa,
Ontorio.
tenr

Oonerol

Gibeon1
llie

up to

t.went.y-fiv~

already

hav

aut.horily

Cbnad1An-horn

Chineee,

fro ■

you lo reer~it

A nurnb•r

of

Chinese hnvo already
been intervie••d
in the P•clfic
Co~mand
but no direct
approach
bas been ■ ade to any of these ■ en. At
tho ■om. nt the men •re completini
t.heir be.ale lrainini·
already
over

In addition
have authority,

to the twenty-fl••
1110nfor wl)ich ••
we will require
for operational
duties,
up to a maxillUm o!' • further
one
Chinese.
Somo of theoe ••n m~•t be
to do •or, or an operationnl
nat•Jre,
ined by ua for ~T •ork.

t.he next. few montbe,

hundred and twenty-fiv•
younii, fit and willinjl
and othere
will be tr

On account of the epaciali,od
~a~ure of tbie
work and because of tbe l,nguage
qualification•
that are
roq~ired,
it will bu naceusary
to brin;; a epecialiat
officer
from India,
who will be capable or l'ro~erly
•~pr iein;; the
ce.pabilitiea
of esch r•cruit.
Before trin 6 1n• this officer
out to Cnnada, •
"°uld Ulte to h ve your aut bo ri t7 to •ecrul t up to • aax1auai
of one hundr••
,n~ fifty
:en, includ&amp;a.,: the t•enty-fiv•
elresdy

author17ed;

thefte

••n

to

re~ain

C~n~dlan

!ol

iere

on~

on loan to hr Of: lee, 11.0. l. (SP).
&lt;•o ■o of
tho ■en would b.
attached
for duty to Force 136, Dbolpur !louu,
Sow Delhi,
aad
ec ■ • to the Au1tralia
Services
Reconnaieance
tepartment,
eriabane.
aecure

It is moat iaprobable
that ae shall
one hundred end !ift1
suit•=lu
■ en, but••

be able to
woul' like

/10

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CO-OFIDIN

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feel thnt thi•
were sufficiently

mnxi~um would be available
if
fortun
ta in lindin&amp; suitabla

to

up to

this

2

••
men

number.

~• beoitat
to m•ke thio raquoat
et
time,
and we would not do ao if we did not feel
sure
th•t
reall7
good results
can be hoped for fro!I
oporHiona
of this type.
It le pretty
char
now faoq
the exptrience
in Furope
thet
this
type of opar•tion//
thin

ha:; ""•v~toped

in!.o

Is
t.bil!I applicat.""on

a J&gt;Qt.ent. milit.ary

bops thnt
your

fevournble

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TGOIW.

you •ill

consider

to
•ion.

give

faithfully,

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