Mr Williams
SAD
FUTURE OF THE GURKHAS
CONFIDENTIAL
FROM:
A R Paul
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 26 November 1990
Cc:
Mr McLaren
Mr Burns
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1. I attach a letter from the Governor of Hong Kong
acknowledging one which I sent him enclosing the
correspondence between Mr Lennox-Boyd and Mr Hamilton about
the future of the Gurkhas. The Governor's letter contains
an implied rebuke about the time it took for
Mr Lennox-Boyd's letter to issue.
2. You will recall that we promised the Governor in late June that we would arrange for an FCO Minister to write to Mr Hamilton underlining Sir D Wilson's concerns about the
possibility that the Gurkha Battalions in Hong Kong might be
disbanded.
3. I duly submitted a draft letter on 13 July. But it was subsequently decided that the draft should also deal with the Gurkhas in Brunei and Nepal. A revised draft was
commissioned and it was agreed that SAD would assume the
lead.
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