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TRANSCRIPT B; SELECT COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG 12 JUNE 1989
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MR.
TBD ROWLANDS:
Have you any idea what sort of size or presence the
Chinese Authorities would envisage the Chinese military
would have after 1997?
Is it envisaged to be a token
representation or have you had any thoughts as to whether
they are planning a very significant presence in the heart
of Hong Kong itself?
SIR DAVID WILSON:
Ve do not have any clear idea on that, although we
have been seeking to establish it.
The nearest we have got to it is that the Chinese
have said on a number of occasions that it would be
considerably smaller than the present British garrison.
MR. BOWEN WELLS:
Does it not make it, Sir David, totally
inappropriate in the light of current circumstances,
that
the Chinese People's army should occupy *HMS Tamar" in the
centre of Hong Kong island?