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Note No. 6
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VISIT OF MINISTER OF STATE
LORD SHEPHERD
TO HONG KONG. MAY/JUNE 1969
Matters
Defence and Internal Security
The Minister may wish to raise the matter of helicopters with the Governor (paragraphs la.. below) and mention the
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doubts of the Chiefs of Staff about the operational need for
the additional machines.
could at the same time secure the Governor's confirmation that
he does in fact support the proposed increase in the strength
of the Whirlwinds despite the additional cost involved
factor which will inevitably need to be taken into account
when the time comes to negotiate a new Defence Contribution
Kareement with Hong Kong.
It would be helpful if the Minister
2.
a
t
during
The Governor has asked for discussion's
The Amester's visit
the question of repositioning
There is
fighter acrcraft
our withdrawal from Singapore / Malaysia. Separate
in Hong Kong
as
a
result of
briefnią
in ateral
on
This subject,
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Government have been given an assurance that it is our intention
to resist aggression. Local opinion, while probably under no
illusion about the ability of the present garrison to resist
for long, regards the existence of British troops deployed to
PRO DOCUMENT gard PUT PLACES an assurance of our intention to defend the Color24 NOV 2009robably assumed locally that in any general
SECTION 5(1) OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN CLOSED UNDER THIS IS A COPY
ACT 1958 UNTIL
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