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SECRET
this delay is likely to present difficulties
as regards the inclusion of an agreed figure
for the defence contribution in your draft
estimates, you may wish to consider the advis-
ability of having preliminary consultations
now with your Executive Council.
This would
at least enable you to let us have their
reactions based on actual consultations
instead of on guesswork. We should be grate-
ful to receive your views on this at the same
time as your reply to paragraph 5 above.
SECRET
(A W. Gaminara)
31 December, 1970 Hong Kong Department