Thank you for your letter of February 1 Bout
my reply to your Parliamentary uection at fuo. concerning the use of Hong Kong by (nited, butos
v.rships. I confirm that my answer v. cort et in
relation to your question as you .ormulated it, 4.0.
no United States warships have used the Laitish naval base at liong Kong. X This is not, of course,
to say that inited States warships have not entered
Hong Kong harbour in substantial numbers in recent
years They have but they have not used our naval
or its facilities. Noraided hear they asked for In other words they had recrationel base properly so defined,
no turkering or repair facilities ner indeed any
for
hi
at Hup King
other services or facilities that are not hommlly
available to naval vessels at any major port.
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Bir Gerald Nabarro,
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