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CESSARY CLN AND BEARING IN MIND THE HIGH STANDARD OF ACCOMMODATION AND FACILITIES AT KAI TAK IT WOULD LEAD TO SOME LOWERING OF RAF RECREATIONAL AMENITIES AND SOME EROSION OF RAF AUTONOMY PD A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW IS TO CONTRACT RAF KAI TAK INTO ABOUT 60 TO 70 ACRES WHICH WOULD RETAIN THE ADVANTAGES OF A SECURE PRESENCE CHM ENABLE US TO CONTINUE TO WORK OUR WESSEX HELICOPTERS AS AT PRESENT AND SAVE HONG KONG SOME OF THE REPROVISIONING COSTS CLN BUT THIS IS VERY UNLIKELY TO SATISFY RAMPANT UNOFFICIALS WITH THE BIT BETWEEN THEIR TEETH PD MOREOVER WE WOULD HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO REDUCE KAI TAK SO MUCH THAT AN EROSION OF STANDARDS WOULD ACTUALLY BE WORSE THAN THOSE CONNECTED WITH A MOVE TO SEK KONG FOUR PD YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT BOTH PROJECTS WILL BE CAREFULLY LOOKED AT BY A JOINT WORKING PARTY IN THE WEEKS AHEAD TO ENSURE THAT ONLY A SENIBLE AND PRACTICABLE PLAN EMERGES PD I WOULD LIKE YOU AND THE OTHER CHIEFS OF STAFF TO KNOW HOWEVER THAT I INTEND TO AGREE TO SOME STATEMENT OF INTENT TO RETURN THE GREATEST PART OF VICOTRIA AND PART OF ALL OF RAF KAI TAK IF IN THE MINISTER OF STATES VIEW THIS PROVIDES THE ONLY CHANCE OF GETTING AN EARLY AGREEMENT WITH OUR BASIC FORCE LEVELS UNIPPAIRED PD THE LATTER IS THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING
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FIVE PD I HAVE SHOWN THIS SGNAL TO CDRE PEROWNE WHO IS IN AGREEMENT WITH IT
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