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DEFENCE REVIEW

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You may be interested to see the attached papers relating to Lord Mountbatten's visit to Hong Kong in 1965 to discuss the Defence Review.

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Apart from demonstrating that there is no new thing under the sun, the record of Lord Mountbatten's meeting is a useful advance summary of what the Governor is likely to say during his visit this time (although of course the context is different since we are no longer thinking of a substantial presence in the Far East outside Hong Kong) and the Governor is likely to take a different view or the potable timing of a Chinese takeover.)

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Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Dept.

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