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beginning of September;
and your comments by Friday
23 August would be greatly appreciated.
8.
This message is strictly personal to yourself. (We are not consulting other Governments about the Defence Review at this stage).
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You should not at this
stage extend your range of consultation beyond CBF Hong Kong, his single service commanders, and such of your senior official advisers as you think
necessary.
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