is that it would not be appropriate for
defence votes to bear the cost of the special
expenditures which are arising in connection
with the preservation of internal security in
Hong Kong. The defence contribution from the
Hong Kong Government was related to the cost of
providing Forces for internal security purposes
but if as a result of the use of these Forces
internal
in international security operations some
specific extra expenditure has to be incurred
we would expect to be reimbursed for this."
The informed the Ministry of Defence in
October 1967 that so far as the border fence was
concerned (item (1) above) they acknowledged that
"the cost of this fence or any part of it was not
a proper charge on defence votes since it was in the
nature of an immigration control measure.
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At the
same time the Fee reserved their position on the general issue raised, referred to in paragraph Sabor 2.4.2
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Border fence.
The circumstances in which
this fence came to be built are given in
Hong Kong telegram No 1320 of 29 August (copy attached)
1967 / 646
The attitude of the Hong Kong
Government was (and is) that the fence
formed part of the defence arrangements
designed to meet an external threat and
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that costs involved should accordingly
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be borne by HMG.
Stores for border wo
works. These stores
were required for the refurbishing and
strengthening of certain border posts
which were occupied by the Military
authorities at an early stage during the
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