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E. 0. Laird
DRAFT
Type 1 +
From
To:-
H.E. Sir A. Galsworthy, KCMG,
Sir L. Monson
Telephone No. & Ext.
High Commissioner,
WELLINGTON
Department
64
P.c.
You will, I am sure, remember the talks we had
with Hong Kong in 1966 about the Defence Contribution.
We are now engaged in the preliminary exchanges 1 with David Trench about the size of the contribution
for the five financial years beginning 1971/72, and
a point came up during Mr. Royle's recent visit to
Hong Kong on which we would welcome your help.
The Unch
We were not negotiating a new contribution (we
wund
are hoping on this occasion to be able to reach agree-
with Tranch
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ment) on a figure which Trench will subsequently be
able to persuade his Executive and Legislative
Councillors to accept) but were in fact discussing
Hong Kong's exclusion from the "ODM list" of aid-worthy
countries. During the discussion, one or two of the
Unofficial members said that when Mr. Fred Lee
negotiated the current defence contribution he gave an
undertaking (implicit we gather rather than explicit) :
that Hong Kong would be "compensated" as it were for
agreeing to a defence contribution by receiving
sympathetic consideration in the aid field.
could
suggested that we should check with you.
C.Y. Kwan It was
We have gone through the relevant papers here
but can find no reference to this. In the circum-
&
(and arpecuddly in view of C.Y. Kwan's reference to you)
ces/I thought I had better write to you to see if
stances/I
you had any recollection of such an undertaking.
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