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VISIT E PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY, MR. ROYLE
TO HONG KONG, OCTOBER 1970
HONG KONG DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION
2 Although the subject of the Hong Kong Defence contribution is not one which we would recommend the Parliamentary Under Secretary to
to the Colony broach during his fertheeming visit to Hong Kong (and certainly not with the Governor's unofficial advisers) it is a matter which the
Governor himself may well raise, and this Note is accordingly intended to provide some background information and to act as a defensiv
Brief on the subject.
13.
In this event
2 If the Governor does raise the issue he will almost certainly stress the difficulty that he is likely to have in persuading his unofficial advisers to accept even the figure of £8million which he has already suggested as Hong Kong's defence contribution under the ment agreement, shortly to be negotiated (see below) let alone any
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increase on that, figure.
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In this event It is
suggested that any reply the Parliamentary Under Secretary should;
(i)
reassure the Governor that we are only too well aware of his predicament and that we have not forgotten the
experiences of 1966 when the existing contribution was negotiated;
(ii) Impress on the Governor that we are x under
heavy pressure from other Departments
very
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