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From
E.H. Gwynn, Esq.,CB.,
Ministry of Defence, Main Building, S.W.1.
Sir Leslie Monson
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
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Cory to P. Nicholls FP;
Treasury.
HONG KONG DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION
Will you please refer to my letter to you of
11 June on the above subject.
We have now heard from the Governor on this
matter.
In brief, despite the considerable amount
of work that has been done on this exercise in
Hong Kong, the Governor states that there are so
many imponderables in the available data (particularly
as regards capital costs) that they have been unable
to arrive at any logical total figure for their
contribution which can be based on the cost of the
Garrison. In the Governor's own words:
"First, the figures we have we find difficult
to interpret for our purposes. It appears
next that some of the figures depend on
what may or may not be the mix of Gurkha
to British troops. The costs we have,
also, are at "current" levels - presumably
meaning at the time they were worked out,
whenever that was. It further appears
that some of the work has (or may get)
Treasury approval, some may not or at
least that the Treasury has not committed
itself on the subject. Then again, it is
difficult to ascertain what items would
be of potential value to us, or could
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