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at the rate at which the Police can be built up to
replace
the garrison. I t i s this which will provide the background for the planning on the rundown of the garrison, on which we
and the MOD have already begun work. It may be that the right time to go to OD (K) would be when we have been able to
formulate a reasonably comprehensive plan on the time scale of
police reinforcement and the corresponding timetable garrison rundown.
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AC Galsworthy
17 December 1985
Hong Kong Department
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