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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 1950 OF 29 NOVEMBER, 1974-

YOUR TELNO. 1187: DEFENCE REVIEW.

1. WE TAKE THE POINT THAT THE FORMULATION IN YOUR PARA. 2 IS

FOR UNATTRIBUTABLE USE. NEVERTHELESS WE WOULD VERY MUCH PREFER

OMISSION OF THE WORDS QUOTE KEEP THE FIGURE WITHIN LIMITS WHICH

CAN BE AFFORDED UNQUOTE IN ANY NON-CLASSIFIED GUIDANCE AT THIS

STAGE.

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