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BERLIN BRIGADE IS ESTIMATED AT POUNDS STERLING 15,813,883 IN
1971-72, AND OF COURSE THE GERMANS MAINTAIN A SUBSTANTIAL
ARMED FORCE AS MEMBERS OF THE NATO ALLIANCE, THE ANALOGY WITH
GERMANY IS NOT AT ALL RELEVANT TO THE HONG KONG CASE QUITE APART
FROM THE BASIC DIFFERENCE THAT BRITISH TROOPS ARE IN GERMANY
AS MEMBERS OF THE NATO ALLIANCE FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE UNITED
KINGDOM, THE BRITISH TROOPS IN HONG KONG ARE THERE FOR THE
DEFENCE OF THE COLONY AND TO ASSIST IN THE MAINTENANCE
OF LAW AND ORDER,
4. WE NOW AWAIT FURTHER MESSAGE FROM UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.
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SIR L MONGON
SIR S TOMLINSON
KR WILFORD
HR D A SCOTT
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COFIES TO
MR D.J.J. BRACK, TREASURY MR A.F. THORPE, FI (AIR) 2 MOD
MR RJ SMITH, DOE. LAMBETH BRIDGE HOUSE
MR P.D. NAIRNE, MOD
MR R. GEDLING, TREASURY
MR E.STRETTON. DOE LAMBETH BRINGE HOUSE
MR E.H. GWYNN, MOD
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