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Draft Telegram to:—
The Governor
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Hong Kong 96 (Date) .../2.
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telegram ..............
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repeated for information to
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Mengon.
Repeat to:-
Your telegram no. 49.
with Mansin
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Sir L, Monsox
Monsox
Wilford
R.J. Smock D.O.E.,
DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION
Followms is confirmation of your telephone conversation with
1. Subject to what follows, we have succeeded in
reaching inter-departmental agreement at official level
on the basis of your offer to attempt to negotiate a
total contribution of £81⁄2 million annually for five
years.
2. Above agreement is subject to agreement also being
reached on following points:
Defits here would
(1) Your paragraph 5. We should prefer it if figure
to be used for capital works did not exceed £2 million,
since to quote a figure of £3 million for this purpose
would reduce amount for recurrent expenditure to an
to defend
in answer to questerns here. Are we right in thinking that
unacceptably low fi
figure.
lower figure would not present you with difficulties?
(2) Your paragraph 3.
Grateful for confirmation that
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