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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT
LETTER
Type 1 +
To:-
A F Thorp Esq OBE Head of F1 (Air)
From
Mr Wilford
Telephone No. &'Ext.
Restricted. Unclassified.
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Ministry of Defence
1.
The Building of the Snake fance in Hong
Thank you for your letter of
snake fence in Hong Kong.
Department
March, abort the
2. We agree with the suggestion in paragraph 4 of
Curzon's letter to me of 24 February that the Treasury
should be asked to arbitrate.
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However, we feel that
(in the first place, at any rate) such arbitration
should be as between the Ministry of Defence and the
Hong Kong Government. For this reason we feel that the
last two sentences in paragraph 2 (of the draft
enclosed with Curzon's letter should be omitted (they
do not affect the position as between the Ministry of
Defence and Hong Kong). We have also somewhat expanded
the draft, and I enclose a copy of the revised version.
If you are content with it, we should be happy for
you to write accordingly to the Treasury. Alternatively
in which event whey? we should be glad to do so ourselves and we shall of
course/send you a copy of our letter.
3.
Perhaps you would let us know if the enclosed
draft is acceptable to you and how you would like to
proceed with this matter.
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