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Hong Kong Government to meet what they regard as their fair share

of the costs of the Colony's defences. This approach has the

support of the Defence Secretary. The Governor further considers

that it will be necessary for him, when selling" this figure to

"

his unofficial advisers (and later to public opinion in the

Colony) to deploy different arguments from those which may be used

here in obtaining inter-departmental agreement to its acceptance.

For the Governor this will be very largely an exercise in

political salesmanship.

This general approach was agreed with the Governor at

official discussions with him on 24 November.

Hong Kong Department 25 November, 1969