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SECRET
HONG KONG DEFENCE COSTS AGREEMENT
Annex to a note of a meeting held in the Minister of State's room at 10.15 am on Friday 5 December
Annex
The following are the detailed amendments agreed to the draft Memorandum of Understanding:-
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No change to the text, although the first section should be made a Preamble.
Square brackets round the last sentence
removed.
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The following text was agreed: "This agreement shall run for a period of seven years, in the first instance,
and shall be renewed on the same terms
for further periods of five years thereafter unless either Government gives
notice a year before the end of any such period that it wishes to vary the terms".
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No change.
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No change.
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Square brackets removed in lines 13/14.
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No change.
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Square brackets removed throughout.
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