Sir John "unt KCB
Cabinet Office
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SIR THOMAS BRIMELOW'S FILE COPY
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19 November 1974
DEFENCE REVIEW: TONG KONG
1.
At our meeting on 15 November we discussed a possible
form of words for the Ministerial statement on 3 December
about the application of the Defence Review to long_Kong.
2. You will remember that the passage which was on the
table and which had the support of the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office read as follows:
"We s all of course maintain our obligations towards
our remaining Dependent Territories.
There will
however be consultation with the "long Kong
Government about the level of forces appropriate in
the present circumstances and about how the cost of
these forces should be divided between us and them
when the present cost-sharing agreement runs out in
1976."
3. You expressed t'e view however that this might not be
sufficiently specific to meet Ministerial needs, and it
was suggested that something on the following lines might
be used instead:
"We shall, of course, maintain our obligations
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