D/MIN/WR/8/7
SECRE
MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE
HONG KONG DEFENCE COSTS
Record of the Fourth Plenary Meeting at Government
House, Hong Kong on 31 October 1975 at 5.00 pm
Present
357)
UK Government
Minister of State
for Defence
Mr Andrew
Care Perowne
Mr O'Keeffe
Mr Jones
Mr Ward
Mr Thorpe
Mr Goodfellow
PS/Minister of State
Hong Kong Government
The Governor of Hong Kong
Sir Denys Roberts, Colonial
Secretary
Mr Haddon-Cave, Financial
Secretary
Mr Davies, Secretary for
Security
Mr Wiggham
Mr Jenney
Mr Cartland PS/Governor
Service Adviser
Lt General Sir Edwin Bramall, CBF
The Minister of State opened the meeting by confirming that he had very reluctantly concluded that he would not press for a formal announcement of any agreement to be made on his departure. He had agreed that confidentiality should be observed on the extent to which agreement had been reached,
subject to the outcome of the deliberations of the working parties on the release of the two sites. This was on the assumption that agreement would be made public early in
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