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Kong Government would be
responsible for all maintenance
and minor works over the period
of the agreement, no matter what
the cost.
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(c) There would be virement in capital
expenditure as between one year
and another.
(a) All capital works paid for by Hong
Kong would revert to Hong Kong
if no longer required by Her
Majesty's Government.
I must accordingly ask you to do your
utmost to secure the support of your
Executive Council of a solution on the
for streming
above lines using in partibular the
arguments in paragraph 1 above.
5. E am afraid that his decision will ►
this
come as a great disappointment to you. However andready ford in with the many
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There is little that I can add to trie
arguments previously advanced in support
of Her Majesty's Government's cas
which you are already familiar;
casej and with
and I
must leave it to you to decide how best to
secure the cooperation of the Unofficial
Members. The following points are
perhaps worth reiterating in your
discretion:
(a) £8 million represents a smaller
Comment CURRENT proportion of the total costs 1/costs
of the garrison than did the £5
million contributed by Hong Kong,
in 1967/68- and the agreement
3.
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