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To: His Excellency
Sir David Trench,GCMG, MC.,
Government House, Hong Kong
Type 1 +
From
Sir L. Monson
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
PRIVACY MARKING
..In Confidence
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Your proposals for Hong Kong's defence
contribution after April, 1971, as set out in
your letter of 7 July, have now been discussed
with the Ministry of Defence, the Treasury and
the Ministry of Fublic Building and Works.
2. Although the extent of our Far Eastern
presence has not yet been finally decided we
think that it is sensible to discuss your proposals
on the assumption of an Army Garrison comprising
63 major units. T
This follows from a recent
assessment made by the Commander, British Forces,
Hong Kong, in consultation with you, that provided
(a) the situation on the border remains
reasonably stable;
(b) the internal threat in Hong Kong does
not significantly increase; and
(c) the strength of the Royal Hong Kong
Bolice Force continues to expand.
reinforcement
the reinvestment time for an extra major unit
Λ
This
could be extended from 72 hours to 7 days.
removes the requirement for an extra unit to be
stationed in the Colony as had previously been
intended.
The remainder of the Garrison has
my
been assumed to be as shown in Annex A
the letter of 9 October, 1969, except that R RAF
Whirlwinds were increased in number from 6 to 10
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