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Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1
L M Davies Esq CMG OBE Secretary for Security Colonial Secretariat HONG KONG
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HKK 10/1
14 January 1975
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CLOSURE OF 117 SIGNALS UNIT
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I enclose for ease of reference further copies of the papers on this (viz Dawson's letter of 20 December and Thatcher's minute of 2 January) which Andrew Stuart gave to you last week.
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I do not know, to what extent you are able to examine the future of 117 Signals Unit only, in isolation from the general Defence Review package. But it would be helpful to MOD (particularly in view of the need to inform the Americans) if you could let us know as soon as possible whether the Hong Kong Government can agree in principle to 117 Signals Unit's closure. MOD would then presumably be able to liaise direct with CBF on timing and other technical aspects.
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B H Dinwiddy
Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Department
silent cc: I D Dawson Esq, DS 8, MOD
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