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A F Thorp Esq OBE Head of F1 (Air) Ministry of Defence

3 May 1971

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1. Thank you for your letter Head of F1(Air)/7835 of 28 April about the recent visit of the Exchequer and Audit Department team to Hong Kong.

2. You gave me to understand over the telephone that if, in the unlikely event of any query being raised on the

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correspondence to which you refer, there was any possibility of its contents being made public, the Foreign and Commonwealth office, as the originating department, would first be consulted. Ferhaps you would confirm that this is the position. should certainly not wish any publicity to be given to our efforts to negotiate in advance with the Governor an agreed figure for the defence contribution which he would then attempt to negotiate with his Executive Council.

For defence Contribution file MF-3.5.7.

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A W Gaminara

Hong Kong Department

(145181) Dd. 737490 750M 1/71 Hw.

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