more a free-for-all, where they expressed themselves rather more strongly
then hithorbo. The negotiations were very much yself, Ir Indou and ovn
teen speaking to the Governor, the Financial Secretory and their team,
On your second question, yes, this of course is a denger. Perhaps I con
go back. The Chiefs of Steff
reviewed the garrison extrenely
carefully and came down in two stages, I think I an night in saying, to the
garrison of the kind that has now been agreed. These stages were discussed
with CBF on the spot end with the Governor, and we came down to what the
Chiefs believed was the minimum guarantee for the security of Hong Kong
within the constraints we all understand. Once an agreement is reached and
announced, and passions, if there are passions, have subsided, my guess is
that it will stick without much trouble, and the only need thereafter vill
be to make sure that the support costs are kept to the minimum and are
reviewed from time to time.
Q. What we did discover, which we did not realise before, was the enormous
reliance by the police on the Army for internal security. We saw the
Gurkha battalions there and we did feel that they relied on the battalion
It could be got there quickly. This was on
This was put to us fairly strongly. If Brunei is
in Brunei as a reserve.
intemal security.
civing up I do not know what the situation is. It was said this may affect
the recruiting of young officers to the Gulhas because there are not so
many places they can visit. On the last day the General did refer to the
reserve in Brunei and we thought he was placing a big reliance on that
battalion. It is said you could send a battalion from this country but
it would be more difficult as the Transport Command gets less responsibility
for Hong Kong. Would you like to comment on that? A. Hy impression
was that imortance was attached in Hong Kong to the presence of the battalion
in Brunei. Your general observation is true. It is not only true of the
Gurihas that as the opportunity of serving in different end remote parts
of the world recedes there are problers in making the covices sufficiently
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