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from the support area, and if we are able to realise the preferred solutions of total withdrawal from Cyprus and a 75% contribution by the Hong Kong Government to the costs of our military presence
there.
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(The last of these amendments has some importance for us,
not least because it is not our preference that we should withdraw totally from Masirah, and the draft Steering Brief for consultation with the Americans brings this out.)
16 October 1974
Western Organisations Dept
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