TNAG-0254-FCO40-290-Contributions-of-Hong-Kong-for-costs-of-maintaining-military-1971 — Page 85

SECRET

I am at your service if you would like to have a meeting to consider the position, but, if the size of the garrison is one of the matters which is dependent on the review of the situation in the Far East generelly which I understand that your Seacretary of State will be submitting to his colleagues, it may be more useful to defer discussion you will have noted that the Governor has based his estimate of what he right negotiate, on the supposition that the garrison would be at the level of 74 major units and, as your letter of 18 May recognised, the size of the garrison vas one of the factors which it was accepted he could take into account in arriving at a figure.

I am sending copies of this letter to Gedling and

Stretton.

SECARS

(L. Monson)