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reply. "You will recall that the possibility of
having a fighter unit stationed in Hong Kong,
was discussed at a Chiefs of Staff meeting
which you attended in April, 1968.
According
to our record of that meeting, two points in
particular were raised, both of which have a
direct bearing on the question of costs. The
first point was expressed as a hope that the
charge to Hong Kong could be limited to
operating costs and that it would not be
that Comment
necessary for them to purchase the aircraft.
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There is no indication of the source of the
which
comment and it may have been you yourself!
You mentioned to me last October your view that
the aircraft should be provided without charge.
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The second point is a remark attributed to you
in the record from which (if you are correctly
You reported) it is clear that Hong Kong expect to
have to pay the whole_of_the_recurrent costs of [ Jake mihips] operating the unit at I am afraid that this
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Such a unit would seem adequate to meet the
requirement, and it would be cheaper for the Hong
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