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SECRET
Registry
DRAFT
letter
No.
HKX 10/9
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
To:-
Type 1 +
From
Sir David Trench, GCMO, NC,
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
TG 103,
Government House.
Sir L. Monson
Telephone No. & Ext.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
...In Confidence
Department
In his letter (HKK 10/9) of 31 July Carter
mentioned that I would be writing to you about the
negotiation of the post-1971 defence contribution.
As he indicated, we think your suggestion of preliminary
exchanges at "official" level to be a very good one.
I am therefore enclosing a memorandum setting out facts
and figures about the size and estimated costs of the
post-1971 garrison which your officials might find
useful in working out their proposals.
From the report we have seen of your discussions
with the Defence Secretary it would seem that, for the
purposes of presenting a proposed figure for the new
contribution to Executive Council, you do not wish to
explain its calculation by reference to such factors as
the nature and purpose of the garrison. You may
therefore see no value in the distinction drawn in the
attached memorandum between forces attributable to the
requirements of internal security and external defence.
How you present any figure to unofficials is of course
entirely a matter for your judgment. But I feel sure
that when putting forward proposals to us it will be
necessary for you to explain how you came to decide on
a particular figure. We can be quite certain that both
at official and ministerial level here there will be
lively interest in the reasons why any figure we may
eventually agree upon is to be regarded as fair and
adequate.
SECRET
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