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HONG KONG DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION
1. On 23 July the Defence and Oversea Policy
Committee decided that the Governor of Hong Kong
should be instructed to do his utmost to secure the
support of his Executive Council for a proposal
that Hong Kong should make a contribution towards
the costs of the Colony's garrison at an average
annual rate of £8 million for the 5 year period
April 1971 March 1976.
2.
The contribution was to be subject to certain
Qonditions, ope of which was that it would be
subject to review if the costs of capital works
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as at the base date of April 1970, were to increase
or decrease by 50 per cent or more during the 5
year period of the agreement.
3.
The Defence and Oversea Policy Committee atoll
the same time stipulated that the Governor should
not
make no attempt at that stage use his reserved
powers to obtain the desired contribution.
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