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No 52
17 DEC 1974
FM HONG KONG 140815Z
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H1 Defences ADVANCE COPY 11 HKLD-
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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 1254 OF 14 DECEMBER.
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR SIR DUNCAN WATSON FROM GOVERNOR.
DEFENCE REVIEW.
YOUR LETTER OF 6 DECEMBER ONLY RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. ITS CONTENTS PUT MY VISIT IN A VERY DIFFERENT LIGHT. I HAD INTENDED TO TRY AND PICK THINGS UP AT THE POINT AT WHICH THEY WENT WRONG THROUGH REALISATION THAT WE WERE OPERATING ON DIFFERENT FIGURES, AND TRY TO AGREE A PROGRAMME OF WORK TO GET THIS WHOLE PROBLEM - SETTLED BUT I AM RELUCTANT TO NEGOTIATE MYSELF.
2. I CAN SUPPORT HONG KONG'S POSITION BY AN EXPLANATION OF THE BUDGETARY POSITION, BUT IF YOU THINK THIS HAS TO BE PUT TO SCRUTINY BEFORE PROGRESS CAN BE MADE IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR HADDON-CAVE TO BE THERE. I SUGGEST WE KEEP TO THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME, BUT I SHOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON WHETHER THERE WOULD BE ADVANTAGE IN HIM BEING AVAILABLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY,
MACLEHOSE
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