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presented their bill, and all we know at the

of

moment is that it is likely to be

order of £25,000 in respect of air-

trooping movements todate.

the

We should be grateful if you would

now examine the items listed in the

enclosures to this letter with a view to

agreeing with the local military

authorities which of the items you are

willing to accept as a fair charge against

the Hong Kong Government without further

ado. We had a brief discussion a few

days ago with the Deputy Command

DUC

Secretary from Hong Kong who was by

here for a few days. He is being instructed

by the Ministry of Defence to seek

discussions with the Hong Kong Government

on his return with a view to securing

local settlement of as many of the iteme

as possible. I think you will find him

co-operative, particularly over such

items as that of "medical treatment of

police personnel" which you specifically

mention in your letter. E

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By far the largest single item in

the Army Department's account is that

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We shall of cowse, need

to be told in due courte which items you felt unable to accept togeth's

your

masons.

with

relating to the border fence. During

his visit to Hong Kong in October

Lord Shephard is on record as having said

that we had taken up with the Treasury the

question of payment for this item. It is

true that we had contemplated taking this

course at the time, but in the event we did

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