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contribution from Hong Kong and a smaller garrison. merely advising them of the best way to achieve this.
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8. I therefore recommend that the Secretary of State should seek to persuade his colleagues that the draft passage on Hong Kong in paragraph 2 above is enough. If Members of Parliament press for a more precise statement of HMG's intentions, the substance of the second passage could then be used, as suggested by the Governor, in answer to supplementaries.
18 November 1974
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