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Hong Kong Department,
15 December 1970.
Sir Leslie Konson has asked me to seek your help on the matter raised in a letter he has had recently from Sir A. Galsworthy, of which a copy is enclosed. The letter is self-explanatory; it is also long and I
do not want to add unnecessarily to the amount of material you will have to read. To complete the picture all I need say is that we are now preparing for further negotiations with Hong Kong about the defence contribution, which has of course to be re-negotiated from the financial year 1971/72, and it would be most helpful to us if you could add anything to what Galsworthy has said,
(E. 0. Laird)
The Hon. A. Cumming-Bruce,
The Civil Assistant to the General Officer Commanding, HQ Northern Ireland Command,
Magheralve Road,
Lisburn,
N. Ireland.
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