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Registry No. HKK 10/9

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential.

CONFIDENTIAL

DRAFT LETTER

To:-

Taylor

JH Taylor Esq AUS (CF)

Ministry of Defence

Type 1 +

From

Mr Wilford

Telephone No. & Ext.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

..In Confidence

1.

Department

Thank you for your letter of 9 May about the

snake fence in Hong Kong.

2.

We are content with the amendments you propose to

the draft letter to the Treasury, subject to the fol-

lowing points:-

(a)

Omission of the word 'clearly' in the first

sentence of paragraph 5.

(b)

Reinsertion of the statement that the terms

of the letter have been agreed between you and

us.

Exchequer as Ausit Deportment

(c)

Deletion of the words'between us' at the

end of the first sentence of the new paragraph

13.

Paragraph 13 would then read:-

3.

we

"We really must reach a conclusion about these

long outstanding claims, which are beginning to

attract the attention of the E & A D, and since

E &

the FCO and we are unable to reach agreement,

should be glad if you would adjudicate. We and

the FCO (with whom the terms of this letter have

been agreed) are, of course, ready to discuss the

matter with you if you think this will help."

Incidentally, Brack is no longer on the MOD desk

/in the

CONFIDENTIAL