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THREE PO OPTION D AT POUNDS THIRTY SEVEN AND HALF MILLION IS THE NEXT BEST SOLUTION FROM THE MILITARY POINT OF VIEW CMM SINCE IT ALL BUT MEETS THE SECURITY REQUIREMENT FOR A SATISFACTORY RATIO OF TROOPS TO THE GROUND PD IN THIS OPTION CMM ́HOWEVER CMM I DEPLORE THE ́ INABILITY TO HAVE BOTH THE THREE PATROL CRAFT CMM WHICH WOULD COMPLEMENT THE FRIGATE IN BOTH THE PRESENCE AND DETERRENT ROLES AND WOULD GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THE MARINE POLICE IN EMERGENCY CMM AND ALSO THE GUN BATTERY CMM SO ESSENTIAL FOR MAINTAINING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
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FOUR PD OPTION B CMM COSTED AT POUNDS 36M CMM ALSO LARGELY MEETS THE SECURITY REQUIREMENT BUT WOULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE EITHER ANY PATROL CRAFT OR THE BATTERY WITH THE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES WHICH I HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED PO
FIVE PD OPTIONS A AND C WOULD ONLY MEET THE SECURITY REQUIREMENT IF THE INTERNAL SECURITY PROBLEM WAS LOCALISED WITHIN CERTAIN URBAN AREAS IN A WAY WHICH CMM TO MY MIND CMM CANNOT NECESSARILY BE GUARANTEED CMM SINCE THE VOLATILE AND CLOSELY PACKED POPULATION PROVIDE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR RIOTS IN ONE AREA TO SPREAD INTO ANOTHER CMM EVEN WITHOUT A MASTER PLAN STEMMING FROM POLITICAL DIRECTION PD ALTHOUGH THE RISKS OF ADOPTING THESE OPTIONS MIGHT NOT
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CMM AS THE WORKING PARTY INTIMATES CMH BE GREAT AT CERTAIN LEVELS OF DISTURBANCES CMM THESE OPTIONS WOULD BE INADEQUATE FOR THE FULL RANGE OF THE POTENTIAL THREAT PD THEY DO IN FACT CONTAIN AN · INSUFFICIENT BUILT IN SAFETY FACTOR FOR THE UNEXPECTED A◊◊GZ0~50^004<Qtmi TO CHANGE CMN OPTIONS A AND C WOULD ONLY BE MILITARILY ACCEPTABLE IF THE REINFORCEMENT BATTALION COULD BE PROVIDED IN LESS THAN THE › THREE WEEKS NOW ENVISAGED WITH SOME FURTHER REINFORCEMENT AVAILABLE IF REQUIRED PO THESE OPTIONS WOULD ALSO DEPEND ON THE RHKP RAISING AT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR POLICE DUTIES FIVE FURTHER RIOT COMPANIES AS THE PAPER EXPLAINS
SIX PD HOWEVER CMM HAVING EXTOLLED THE VIRTUES OF THE SOLUTION AT POUNDS 39M CMH IR RECOGNISE THAT CMM AT THIS PRESENT STAGE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS CMM BOTH THIS AND OPTION D ATH POUNDS THIRTY SEVEN AND HALF MILLION FALL BEYOND THE REACH OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO. PAY FOR OR TO PAY A MAJOR SHARE OF PQ IN A FINANCIAL CONTEXT CMM ONLY THE TWO OPTIONS WHICH ARE THE LEAST MILITARILY ACCEPTABLE (OPTIONS A AND C) SEEM TO OFFER ANY CATALYST AROUND WHICH SOME FINANCIAL AGREEMENT COULD BE REACHED SEMI CLN AND CERTAINLY THE GOVERNOR AS CDS KNOWS WOULD PREFER TO GO FOR ONE OF THESE OPTIONS AND RELY MORE ON
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REINFORCEMENT THAN GO ABOVE HIS FINANCIAL LIMIT
SEVEN PO WE THEREFORE STILL HAVE A DILEMMA ON OUR HANDS PD IT IS NOT FOR ME TO SUGGEST WAYS OUT OF THIS CMM BUT ONE WAY WOULD BE IF ONE OF THE FIVE REQUIRED BATTALIONS (A GURKHA BATTALION) WAS TO BE HELD CMM FOR ALL OR PART OF THE NEXT DEFENCE COSTS PERIOD CMM IN SOME AREA WHERE CMH ALTHOUGH IT WAS READILY AVAILABLE TO HONG KONG IN AN EMERGENCY CMM IT WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE HONG KONG DEFENCE COSTS AGREEMENT PD IN THIS WAY OPTION D COULD (SINCE THE COST WOULD BE REDUCED FROM POUNDS THIRTY SEVEN AND HALF MILLION TO POUNDS 35M) BE ARGUED TO CONE NEAR TO MEETING BOTH THE MILITARY REQUIREMENT AND PERHAPS THE FINANCIAL POSSIBILITIES PQ MOREOVER THE PREFERRED SOLUTION CHM IF APPROACHED ON THE SAME BASIS (AN OPTION WHICH THE
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