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4.

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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.

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(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

Executive Council of a solution on the

for streming

above lines using in partibular the

arguments in paragraph 1 above.

5. E am afraid that his decision will ►

this

come as a great disappointment to you. However andready ford in with the many

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There is little that I can add to trie

arguments previously advanced in support

of Her Majesty's Government's cas

which you are already familiar;

casej and with

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

Comment CURRENT proportion of the total costs 1/costs

of the garrison than did the £5

million contributed by Hong Kong,

in 1967/68- and the agreement

3.

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