4 December 1992
HKA 062/2
Foreign & Commonwealth
Office
file
65
Mr G F Woodhead Security Branch
Government Secretariat
HONG KONG
London SWIA 2AH
Telephone: 071-270 2651
Der Gertt.
PURCHASE OF BLACKHAWK HELICOPTERS: RECOVERY OF US GOVERNMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RECOUPMENT
I refer to previous exchanges of correspondence resting with your letter to me of 21 November.
1.
2. Our Embassy in Washington have made enquiries about recovery of recoupment charges in respect of Hong Kong's purchases. I enclose a copy of a letter from the British Defence Staff Washington dated 23 October. Unfortunately this rules out recovery of these charges.
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NC G Whitney
Hong Kong Department
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