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Comisant to
Mr Gealing-
Trzemy Mr Stretton-Mar
In Leslie Monson's absence on leave I am replying
to your letter of 15 September (DUS(F)153/1) about the
Hong Kong defence contribution.
2.
By way of explanation of our views on the draft
letter to the Governor enclosed in your letter I feel
bound to say that the Ministry of Defence's record of
our meeting on 7 September deals somewhat summarily to with Monson's interventions and appears heavily biased
Lefaccantations of favour the views expressed both by your own
Ministry and the Treasury. Whilst we agreed that
the points in paragraph 2 (a) to (c) of the record
should be put to the Governor and that these could have
the effect of ultimately producing a Hong Kong contri-
bution in excess of £8 million, I do not recollect
that we agreed to seek an overall increase in his
£8 million figure. Indeed, if you will look again at
Monson's letter of 5 August (HKK 10/9), which puts the
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said
FCO view, you will see that our view was that the
Governor was certainly right "in his judgment that
this is the maximum he could hope to secure and that
he will have difficulty in persuading his Executive
Council to agree to this figure." Moreover, even the
record of the meeting does not suggest that there was
any agreement to put the suggestion to the Governor
(as Gedling now proposes) that if the Colony did not
assume "a realistic share of the cost of its internal
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