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DEFENCE AND OVERSEAS POLICY COMMITTEE
HONG KONG DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION
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MEMORANDUM · BY THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY
1.
In agreement with my colleagues in the Treasury,
the Ministry of Defence and the Department of the
Environment, and after consultation with the Governor,
I have been seeking an increase in the contribution
to our Defence Budget by Hong Kong from the current
figure of £5 million to £8.5 million over the 5
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years 1971/72 to 1975/76, which would broadly restore
forsporturecké
Hong Kong's share of cost of the garrison to what
it was in the first year of the previous agreement.
2. The estimated cost of the United Kingdom
Armed Forces in Hong Kong in 1971/72 is £26.4
million (£21.8 million running costs of the units
in the Colony, £2.4 million capital works and
£2.2 million maintenance and minor works). The
cost of capital works is forecast to rise over the
succeeding years to a peak of £4.6 million in
1974/75.
Over half the total cost is foreign
exchange expenditure.
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