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the existing contribution and which you regarded as reasonable
one
although you pointed out that the Hong Kong Government would have
A method no control over increases in costs. An alternative. which we should
be very willing to look at would be a proposal by which the
contribution increased by a predetermined amount each year. We
would welcome your views on this.
5.
Finally, our major difficulty is over the starting amount of the
I am sure you appreciate that in the context of
contribution.
the public expenditure discussions here, and the particular problems
of the cost of Defence, Ministers will want to be satisfied that the
amount offered is as much as it is reasonable to expect. In the
light of these considerations and of the relative prosperity of
Hong Kong we are under considerable pressure here to ask you to
increase your offer of £8 million to bring it closer to the cost of
that element in the total bill which could reasonably be regarded
as related to internal security measures. At the same time, we fully appreciate the extreme difficulty of steuring a contribution greater than what your realise that in the event the amount of the contribution must
unofficial advivers will accept as a charge on Hong Kong fundin
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an assurance that you are reasonably certain in your own mind that
an initial £8 million is the absolute maximum for which you can see any hope
of acceptance.
If this is in fact the case, then we will at least
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