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operational framework so that it can focus on how our objectives
can be met most cost-effectively.
4. I hope you find this useful. It seems to me essential that we are both clear, if only in broad terms, just what the garrison should be in Hong Kong for, and the obligations that flow from that, for both governments. The only other point I would add is that it would be helpful to have an early response so as not to hold up the staffing of the detailed review.
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