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4. We also propose to suggest that short briefs should be written on those subjects on which detailed briefs have not yet been written, e.g. Hong Kong, Gibraltar and SEATO. I should be glad to know by

lunchtime whether those concerned are content that we should offer to produce first drafts of these also. They need only be quite short.

25 October 1974

Teddy Lake

J E Jackson Defence Dept

A garrison would remain in Hong Kong, but it would be reduced in strength and we should require the Hong Kong Government to moot a much larger share of the cost.

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