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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 566
SECRET.
HONG KONG GARRISON.
TO HONG KONG
27 AUGUST 1970
(HKK 10/1)
WE UNDERSTAND THAT FOR REASONS WHICH HAVE BEEN EXPLAINDED TO YOU BY COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, YOU HAVE AGREED, SUBJECT TO MY APPROVAL, TO A TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN STRENGTH OF GARRISON FROM 6 AND TWO THIRDS TO 5 AND TWO THIRDS MAJOR UNITS FOR PERIOD MID OCTOBER TO MID DECEMBER: AND THAT YOUR AGREEMENT IS ALSO SUBJECT TO PROVISO THAT A REINFORCEMENT BATTALION IS EARMARKED TO BE AT SEVEN DAYS NOTICE WHILST GARRISON
IS UNDER STRENGTH.
!
2. GRATEFUL FOR EARLY CONFIRMATION THAT YOU SEE NO OBJECTION
TO ABOVE PROPOSALS.
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