GOA
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Reference D/DS1/303/10/9
AUS (GS)
Copies to:
D of DP(C)
Head of F1 (Air)
Mr O'Keeffe, FCO
Mr Hansford, Treasury.
COSTS OF THE HONG KONG GARRISON
1. I have the following minor comments on the draft attached to your AUS (GS)461/75 of 5 November. -wop
a.
Para 2 last sentence: although this is not really my subject I would prefer the sentence to be amended to read
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"Under the current 5 year financial agreement Hong Kong's contribution to the cost of the garrison amounts to about £8. a year on average.
This amendment seeks to overcome the difficulty of expressing in simple terms precisely what the Hong Kong Government's contribution amounts to.
b.
Para 3 last sentence: I would prefer to see the slightly less precise £42 M.
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