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OTHER THAN FOR PURPOSES OF ILLUSTRATION. THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME ESCALATION PROVISIONS, AS THERE ARE IN THE PRESENT DEFENCE AGREEMENT: BUT, AS YOUR TEAM SAID, THE MIND BOGGLES AT THE POLITICAL AND PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY OF AN AGREEMENT THAT YOU SHOULD PAY A FIXED PROPORTION OF THE ACTUAL YEAR BY YEAR COST.
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COLONEL TILLOTSON SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE MORE RESPECTABLE IF A SHARING AGREEMENT WAS BASED ON A DEFENSIBLE FORMULA SUCH AS FOREIGN EXCHANGE COSTS. THIS MAY BE TRUE WHEN WE COME TO THE STAGE OF PRESENTATION, BUT MEANWHILE THE FORMULA WOULD HAVE TO BE SUFFICIENTLY FLEXIBLE TO LEAVE SOME NEGOTIATING
FREEDOM.
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PROVIDED THAT MINISTERS AGREE, AS WE HOPE, THAT FORMAL CONSULTATIONS WITH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CAN BE PUT OFF UNTIL PAY, IT SEEMS THAT OFFICIALS COULD HOST PROFITABLY SPEND THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IN REFINING THE FIGURES AND NARROWING DOWN THE AREAS OF DISPUTE WITH THE AIM OF MAKING THE EQUATION LOOK LESS IMPOSSIBLE. OBVIOUSLY WE MUST ALSO EXAMINE RADICAL ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TYPES OF FORCES, BUT THE MILITARY DO, NOT SEEM TO THINK THESE WOULD BE ANY CHEAPER.
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