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(vi) DEFENCE
Timetable for withdrawal of garrison
No firm timetable has yet been established.
Talks with Chinese on future defence of Hong Kong are
progressing very well.
Defence Lands/PLA presence in Hong Kong after 1997
Understand sensitivities about such matters in Hong Kong.
Sure Chinese authorities appreciate this too.
[If pressed]
Not prepared to speculate about outcome of our discussions
with Chinese.
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