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own budget.
The Ministry had also agreed
that the estimated costs of operating the visits to Hong Kong was nearer to the original figure of £2000-£3000 per annum than to that of £5000 per annum last quoted by them.
10.
It was noted that the proposal to substitute training flight visits to Hong Kong for a permanent fighter presence would need to be reported to the Cabinet in due course, but that there was no urgency about this.
(c) Helicopters
11. It was explained that the proposal to station additional helicopters in Hong Kong would be re-examined by the Chiefs of Staff in the near future. The difficulty was in convincing them and the Defence Secretary of the essentiality, as opposed to the desirability, of making the additional machines available. Pending this re-examination by the Chiefs of Staff the matter could be taken no further.
Item 6: Proposed Visit of Princess Alexandra
to Hong Kong in 1970
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za. The Governor very much hoped that Her Royal Highness would be able to visit the Colony next year. Hong Kong had had no official Royal visit for several years; moreover it was desirable that Her Royal Highness should be seen to follow up the appointment she had accepted as Commandant General of the Royal Hong Kong Police and Auxiliary Police Forces. The Forces were anxious to make a presentation to her; FCO would make enquiries as to the rules governing such presentations. The Governor thought that if provision of the necessary funds for the visit was likely to constitute a difficulty, Hong Kong might be prepared to meet the costs provided that Her Royal Highness was accompanied by no more than a small retinue and travelled by ordinary BOAC aircraft. 1.2 It was agreed that the Governor might mention this matter to Sir Denis Greenhill at their meeting on 25 November.
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