CYPHER CAT/A
IMMEDIATE
GRPS 130
FM HONG KONG 16035ØZ
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10D2C1975
NKK Foll
TOP COF
TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NO 1265 OF 16 DECEMBER.
FOLLOWING FOR ANDREW M O D FROM DAVIES.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 956 OF 12 DECEMBER.
DEFENCE COSTS AGREEMENT.
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WE HAVE REPLIED TO TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE VIA F C 0.
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2. MEANWHILE COULD YOU LET ME HAVE THE REVISED TEXT OF THE DRAFT WRITTEN ANSWER TO THE P Q WHICH NO DOUBT YOU HAVE READY SHOULD IT BE AGREED THAT AN ANNOUNCEMENT CAN BE MADE ON 19 DECEMBER?
3. WE HAVE CIRCULATED THE STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL AND WORKS PROCEDURES AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE ABLE TO LET YOU HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE 19 DECEMBER.
4. ANNEX C TO THE M O U. WE HAVE NOT YET COMPLETED WORK ON PLAN E OF DODWELL'S RIDGE CAMP BUT THE AREA OF SAI KUNG ON PLAN F IS EDGED RED REPEAT RED. WE WILL SEND COPIES OF ALL PLANS TO YOU LATER THIS WEEK.
5. PARA 6 OF M O U. NO DOUBT THORP HAS NOTED THAT A FULL STOP HAS CREPT INTO THE 6TH SENTENCE AFTER ''MARCH 1977"'. IT SHOULD BE A COMMA.
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