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DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION
1. The attached/memorandum by the Secretary of State
was considered by the Defence and Overseap Policy
Committee at its meeting on 23 July.
2.
In paragraph 8 of the memorandum the Secretary of
State had, recommended that the Governor of Hong Kong
be authorised to attempt to settle the issue of the
defence contribution on the basis of Annex I to the
memorandum (ie on terms which had been advocated by the Governor). However, the Committee decided that the
Governor should be instructed to endeavour to secure
settlement on the basis of Annex II to the memorandum.
FCO telegram No 553 instructed the Governor to proceed
accordingly.
3.
In his reply (Hong Kong telegram No 528) the
Governor expressed disappointment that his recommendation
had been rejected and asked for clarification of
certain points before he proceeded to carry out the
instructions sent to him. Before we had had time to
reply to this telegram, the Governor sent a further
telegram (Hong Kong telegram No 549) from which it
appears that he is most reluctant to act on the
Defence and Overseas Policy Committee's decision and is
still seeking to persuade Ministers to adopt his own
recommendations.
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