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Sir L Monson. Mr Wilford.
RJ Smith,
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TH GOVTTOR.
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Defence Contribution
We have been unable to reach agreement at official
level on the basis of your offer to try and negotiate
with your unofficial advisers an annual Hong Kong
contribution of £71 million. The case is being
pressed strongly that there is every justification
for increasing this figure.
2.
One new development since your return to Hong
Kong is that we have been informed by Ministry of
Defence that a substantial rise in works costs of
garrison over 5 year period beginning 1971/72 is now
envisaged partly on account of a planned increase in
capital programmes and partly as a result of price
increases. This will involve an increase in works
expenditure to a total of £27 million over the period
Department of the as compared with the figure of £19 million given in
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Lambeth Bridge
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