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As for Hong Kong 1. No. 549.2
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Decision conveyed to, you in FCO telegram No 553
was taken by Ministers at the highest level and can
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assure you that when they took it they had before
them full details of your own proposals.
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The arguments in paragraphs 5 and 6 of your
have learn Conndral
telegram No 528 are fully/understood but the fact
remains that under your proposals HMG would receive
£3.5 million less during period 1971/2 to 1975/6 than
under the terms get out in paragraph 2 of FCO
telegram No 555.
Moreover over a 7 year period it
would be reasonable to expect a higher rate of
contribution than £8 million over the last 2 years
to take account of rising costs over the longer
for Hang Kong the No. perfoa.
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