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DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
MINISTRY OF
PUBLIC BUILDING AND WORKS
LAMBETH BRIDGE HOUSE, LONDON S. E.1
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Telephone: RELiance 7611
15th December, 1970.
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De Ronson
Thank you for sending me a copy of your letter of 11th December to Gwynn, with the draft of a paper for presentation to the Defence and Overseas Policy Committee.
Annex B as agreed by us is, I understand, being sent to you by Gwynn. It will include figures of cost of works maintenance, as did the previous edition, because Annex A does not do so, and I suggest the heading of Annex A should mention this exclusion. The reference to these Annexes in paragraph 6 of the draft will need revision.
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In paragraph 6 of the draft £ml13.1 is given is the 1971/72 level of local expenditure for the whole garrison and by implication this comes from Annexes A & B. This would mean that local works costs have been assessed at just under £lm, which seems far too low a proportion of the figure in Annex B: most of the works costs represent local expenditure. I realise of course that the estimate is the Governor's and not yours, but, unless I have missed some point in the calculation, you may think it worth making it clear that the estimate might be disputable. ́
I agree that the proposal in paragraph 10 about equal sharing of any changes in building costs is a reasonable one.
I am sending copies of this letter to Gwynn and Gedling.
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REGISTRY No. 51
- 5 FEB 1971
AKK 10/9
Тото ли
sincerely
Sir Leslie Monson, KCMG, CB Foreign and Commonwealth Office, WHITEHALL,
SW1
Tie Shitta.
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R.J. Smriti
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