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VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE DEFENCE AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SUB-CONNITTEL OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS SELECT COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURE
Briefing by the FCO on 11 November
1.
This briefing this morning arises from a letter which the Clerk of your Committee sent to the Ministry of Defence in lay in which he listed a number of topics in which you were likely to be interested during your forthcoming visit to Hong, Kong. The topics in question covered the respon-- sibilities of both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence. We subsequently agreed that most of them would best be covered
by the staff of the Commander British Forces whilst you are in Hong Kong next week. However, we also agreed that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
would cover some of the more obviously political subjects in a briefing held before you left the U. These subjects were:-
(a) The internal administration of the Colony
and the role of the Governor;
(b) The use of liong Kong by the UC Ilavy and the
support given by the United States to the security of Hong Kong;
(c)
The contribution of Hong Kong to the British
economy;
(a)
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The comparison of the position of Hong;
and lacao.
I will be drawing on information "rovided by the Ministry of Defence to cover very briefly the topic concerning the use of Hong Kong by the US
Navy, Mr Martin of Far Eastern Department in the 100
will tolk on Macao and Mr Dart of the Economiats
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