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Sir Leslie Monson Mr Logan
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HONG KONG DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION
Department
The purpose of this submission is to inform
Ministers of the outcome of our negotiations with
the Hong Kong Government over the question of the
Colony's defence contribution/ox 23 July the
Defence and Overseas Policy Committee decided that
the Governor of Hong Kong should be instructed to do
his utmost to secure the support of his Executive
Council for a proposal that Hong Kong should, subject
to certain conditions, make a contribution towards
the costs of the Colony's garrison at an average annual
rate of £8 million for the five-year period April 1971
Merch 1976.
23. In my submission
submission of 23 September I reported that
the Governor had managed to secure the support both of
his Executive Council and of the Finance Committee of
the Legislative Council for the proposal in question;
and that there remained only the need to obtain the
formal approval of the Colony's Legislative Council.
In his
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telegram no 743 that the Legislative Council had
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