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3. Mr Brack, who is the Treasury desk officer dealing with the Hong Kong defence contribution, told me this morning that he had done what he could

We to push the decision on this point our way. cannot however hold up the telegrams to Hong Kong too long while waiting for the Chancellor's decision. We may therefore have to submit them excluding the last sentence in the additional paragraph referred to above.

I am attaching a copy of Miss Elliott's minute to Mr Dexter of 5 May (in case you have not got one). As you will see we have followed the proposal in her paragraph 4. I would however be grateful if someone in your Department could clear with the DTI the form of words we propose to use in the telegram to Hong Kong.

11 ay 1971

EC Laird

Hong Kong Department

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