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IN THIS MARGIN

Registry

No. HWB.10/9

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

Secret

Confidential.

DRAFT letter

To:-

Sir David Trench,

K.C.M.G., M.C.,

HONGKONG.

Type 1 +

From

Sir Arthur Galsworthy

Telephone No. & Ext.

Restricted. Unclassified

PRIVACY MARKING

In Confidence

Department

138

You will be glad to learn that on 29 May Amesters

the Defence and Overseas Policy Committee

approved without modifigation the Defence

Secretary's proposals with which all concerned

agree for the future strength and structure

of the Royal Navy and Army components of the

Hong Kong Garrison after our withdrawal from

Singapore and Malaysia by the end of 1971. "[Take malip] NP # Mmusters

You

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saw the Defenc

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Committee paper

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setting out-

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of the garrison should be borne and called

for a further assessment to be made of the

actual costs involved.

On the whole, we regard this outcome

Although I think we must

reasonably

as, satisfactory.

ん

regard the Committee's conclusion about the

Hunter aircraft as representing only

SECRET

/conditional