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Kong Government would be

responsible for all maintenance

and minor works over the period

of the agreement, no matter what

the cost.

works

4.

(c) There would be virement in capital ▲

expenditure as between one year

and another.

(a) All capital works paid for by Hong

Kong would revert to Hong Kong

if no longer required by Her

Majesty's Government.

I must accordingly ask you to do your

utmost to secure the support of your

for

Executive Council a solution on the

A

stressing

above lines using in particular the

ра pants

ruments in paragraph 1 above.

5. I an afraid that this decision will

come as a great disappointment to you. However you are already familiar with the many

There is little that

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arguments previously advanced in support

of Her Majesty's Government's case and with-

which you are already familiar and I

must leave it to you to decide how best to

secure the cooperation of the Unofficial

Members. The following points are

perhaps worth reiterating in your

discretion:

(a) £8 million represents a smaller

Current

proportion of the total costs

of the garrison than did the £5

million contributed by Hong Kong

in 1967/68 and the agreement

3.

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