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2. AMENDMENTS TO PARAS. 2 AND 3 HAVE BEEN AGREED WITH M.O.D.,
VIZ:
PARA. 2, LAST SENTENCE TO READ:
''THE NEW AGREEMENT WILL RUN FOR SEVEN YEARS INITIALLY AND WILL BE
RENEWED FOR FURTHER PERIODS OF FIVE YEARS ON THE SAME TERMS UNLESS
EITHER GOVERNMENT WISHES TO VARY THEM.'*
PARA. 3, LAST SENTENCE TO READ:
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''THE AGREEMENT MAKES PROVISION FOR REVIEWS OF ANY ASPECT OF THE
COSTS OR COMPOSITION OF THE GARRISION, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF THE SUPPORT ELEMENTS, WITH ANY SAVINGS BEING SHARED IN THE SAME PROPOR-
TION AS THE CONTRIBUTIONS.
3. PROPOSED TELEVISION INTERVIEW: I WILL REMAIN MUTE AS YOU SUGGEST.
HOWEVER, IF CONTACTED BY THE PRESS I WILL HAVE TO COMMENT.
4. M.0.U. WAS SIGNED AS PLANNED AT NOON TODAY. OUR COPY IS BEING SENT
TO YOU BY BAG. YESTERDAY'S DEBATE PRODUCED NO SURPRISES AND, INDEED,
THERE WAS ONE HELPFUL REFERENCE TO TEXTILE IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG
BEING ALREADY SUBJECT TO A BI-LATERAL RESTRAINT AGREEMENT WITH THE E.E,C. (WITH A LOWER THAN OVERALL GROWTH RATE). WEBB-JOHNSON WILL
BE SENDING EXTRACTS FROM HANSARD IN THE NORMAL WAY.
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