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is that it would not be appropriate for

defence votes to bear the cost of the special

expenditures which are arising in connection

with the preservation of internal security in

Hong Kong. The defence contribution from the

Hong Kong Government was related to the cost of

providing Forces for internal security purposes

but if as a result of the use of these Forces

internal

in international security operations some

specific extra expenditure has to be incurred

we would expect to be reimbursed for this."

The informed the Ministry of Defence in

October 1967 that so far as the border fence was

concerned (item (1) above) they acknowledged that

"the cost of this fence or any part of it was not

a proper charge on defence votes since it was in the

nature of an immigration control measure.

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At the

same time the Fee reserved their position on the general issue raised, referred to in paragraph Sabor 2.4.2

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Border fence.

The circumstances in which

this fence came to be built are given in

Hong Kong telegram No 1320 of 29 August (copy attached)

1967 / 646

The attitude of the Hong Kong

Government was (and is) that the fence

formed part of the defence arrangements

designed to meet an external threat and

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that costs involved should accordingly

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be borne by HMG.

Stores for border wo

works. These stores

were required for the refurbishing and

strengthening of certain border posts

which were occupied by the Military

authorities at an early stage during the

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