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Record of a Meeting between the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary and the Governor of Hong Kong in Government House at 10.00 a.m. on Sunday,|9 April.

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The Rt. Hon.

Present

Michael Stewart, M.P.

Sir Denis Greenhill

Mr. J. Wellbeloved, M.P.

Mr. James Murray

Mr. J.A.N. Graham

Miss E. Booker

Mr. N.J. Barrington

H.E. Sir David Trench Mager-General

Sir Basil Eugster (Cdr.

British Forces)

Sir Hugh Norman-Walker

(Colonial Secretary)

Mr.b.T.E.Roberts (Attorney-Gen.)

Mr.D., Holmes (Home Secretary

for Home Affairs).

Sir John Cowperthwaite (Finance Secretary)

Mr.C·P.Sutcliffe (Commissioner

of Police)

Mr. A. Todd (Defence Secretary)

GR.A.F.

Mr. A. Maddocks (Political

Adviser)

Amendment agreed with

Mr Barrington

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22 Defence

efits. Ante General Puester said that there were

no difficulties about defence matters

except in the Air Force field.

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promise had been agreed with the BAF over the parsion of air cover for

humber of lequadrons situated in Hong Kong. Extra training would be carried out in the Colony. They would not be able to do any→

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thing if anyone flew over Hong Kong air spacei The only real problem was who paid for Hong

The cost might Kong's defence and how much.

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