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REGIS.RY NO. 51
7 APR 1977
Joint Service Intelligence Staff HONG KONG
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29 March 1977
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BRIEF THE THREAT TO HONG KONG
Reference:
A. Your DI4D/HK 16 dated 9 Feb 77.
File No.
1. Your Brief dated 9 Feb 77 has been circulated amongst the relevant UK agencies in Hong Kong.
2.
We offer the following suggestions:
8. The External Threat. (Ref your para 4). to force reductions in the Hong Kong garrison the ratio of 10:1 is now incorrect. The worst-case ratio now stands at over 30:1.
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b. The Internal Threat. (Ref your para 7. f.). To say that the New Left elements are merely irresponsible is an over-simplification. prefer the wording:
'They nevertheless constitute a threat in that they are over eager to exploit volatile situations and to introduce a revolutionary, Trotskyist dimension into disputes'.
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