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DRAFT LETTER
To:-
G J Gammon Esq
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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.In Confidence
Ministry of Defence Main Building
Type 1 +
From
Atraminere.
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
Hong Kong
1. Will you please refer to your letter No.
A/16/ABD/5712/Fld (Air) of 28 January about the extra
costs of certain works services carried out during the
1967 disturbances in Hong Kong. A
We have studied very carefully the facts and the
arguments put forward by your Command Secretary in
Hong Kong and which you have quoted in your letter.
2. The salient factors appear to us to be as follows:
(1)
Under the current defence contribution
agreement the Hong Kong Government are
responsible for the maintenance of
military buildings and installations
required for a force of 4 major units, and
their support needed for internal security
purposes.
(2) The works carried out by the Army in 1967
in connection with "Highland Bonnet" were,
are informed, essentially of a military
nature and designed to meet armed aggression
across the border. They were (quite
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