TNAG-0309-FCO40-345-Contributions-of-Hong-Kong-for-costs-of-maintaining-military-1971 — Page 22

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DEPARTMEN Hong Kong

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Secret

Confidential

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Unclassified

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addressee(s)

(Date)....

Despatched

with reasury,

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38/2/20

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PRIVACY MARKING

In Confidence

En Clair. Code Cypher

Draft Telegram to:-

Governor Hong

Kong

[Security classification]

-if any

SECRET

[

Privacy marking -if any

]

[Codeword—if any]..

Addressed to

telegram ................

GOVERNOR HONG KONG

..(date)

No.

And to

(Date)

And to:-

Repeat to:-

Saving to:-

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Distribution:-- Files, HKD, FED DEFENCE D, FPAD A&TD, CCD, PS, PS/PUS,

Sir L Monson Sir S Tomlinson Gopiexxarx

Mr Bottomley Mr Wilford Mr D A Scott Mr Rose

/Copies to

repeated for information to

Saving to..

Your telegram No. 367.

DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION

1.

Ministers have now considered this. Against

the background of rising defence costs for HMG

in Hong Kong [and

nd the view that the Colony should

contribute no smaller proportion of its revenue

than previously, they were unwilling to accept the

proposals which you put forward during your visit

here in June

2

This would go

;。/son

er in an attempt to go some way towards

meeting the views of the Unofficial Members of your

Executive Council HMG would be prepared to accept

an arrangement which would produce an average

annual contribution of £8 million over a period

of 5 years. For example, if the figure for

/maintenance

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