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MR NEIL MARTEN (CONSERVATIVE) (【BANBURY):

Mr Neil Marten

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has made for the reinforcement of British troops in Hong Kong and for defence obligations to Fiji after 1971.

ANSWER

(MR DENIS HEALEY)

It is not the practice to disclose the plans for possible

operational deployments.

Discussed with M Thomas, IPD.

I agreed that he should suggest to MOD.

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the inclusion as

reference

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first sentence,

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to the Defence Write Paper.

Subrequently cleared

PA

REL.

RORY No.51

MG

24, 2,20

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