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conditional approval for a fighter/presence,
managed to
we have at least get our foot in the door
against considerable professional opposition.
So far as the financial side is concerned, we
have at least gained time and I think we have
managed to stymie, at any rate for the time
being, any attempt to base financial contri-
butions on the (in Hong Kong circumstances)
artificial and unrealistic differentiation
The
between external defence and internal
security roles of the /military forces.
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