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HONG KONG: GARRISON RUN-DOWN
1. The Governor has now responded to the Secretary of State's
telegram alerting him to the Treasury proposal to amend plans
for the Hong Kong Garrison run-down I recommend that the
the substance of Secretary of State circulate this telegram to members of
OPD (K) and support the Governor's main point that pressing Hong
Kong to fund extra money for the garrison could precipitate a constitutional crisis putting all HKG funding for the garrison in jeopardy. I submit a self-explanatory draft covering
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2. My submission of 17 November contains the background.
Secretary of State wrote to the Chancellor on 19 November to
say that he proposed to consult the Governor about the
Treasury proposals and would circulate his views when they were available. Neither the Treasury nor MOD demurred.
The
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In his reply the Governor, as expected, argues that overall defence costs must continue to decline if the LegCo Finance Committee are to be persuaded to continue to approve the funds for Garrison support. The Treasury's proposal would increase defence costs and so could result in LegCo refusing to vote any further funds; action which would place the future of the Garrison in jeopardy.
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