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HKK 18-1970
From the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
To the Governor, HONG KONG.
10th April, 1970.
No. 126
My Telegram No. 180
Defence Contribution
Further information has now been provided by the Ministry
Defence and is contained in the following documents copies of
which are enclosed:
attached
(1) a revised Annex B to replace that enclosed 52) Prew with Sir Leslie Monson's letter HKK10/9 of 9th
October, 1969.
(2) a broad functional breakdown of the estimated
works costs for the garrison during the period
1971-1976.
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2. As regards (1), you will note that the figures given represent
very substantial increases over those contained in the original
Annex B. The Ministry of Defence state that this is because:
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by 2 months
12.4.76.
(a) Part II services under £5000 and Part III
services, both of which had been excluded from
the original Annex B, have now been included.
the scope and cost of some services have
been re-assessed.
(b)
(c) in the light of advice from the Commander
British Forces, Hong Kong, a number of additional
projects have now been included.
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