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Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1

A F Thorp Esq

Ministry of Defence

Whitehall London

SW1

23 REGISTRY No. 50

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Teephone 01-

930 8440

Your reference

Our reference

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240/4 D.U.S. (P)

105/2.

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Date 11 April 1975

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Many thanks for sending me a copy of your record of our meeting with Mr Rodgers on 9 April (D/MIN/WR/8/7).

This is a fair record of the substance of our discussion but there is a point in the last sentence of paragraph 3 which has gone wrong. What I tried to say was that the present status quo suited the Chinese but they looked to us to maintain it. If we reduce the garrison below a certain level they might doubt our ability and reconsider their policy.

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Head of DS11 Murray MacLehose.

Head of Fl (Air)

DS 1 (Mr. Jones

SECCOS

Mr. Wilford. FCO.

Head of Hong Kong Department, FCO.

CONFIDENTIAL

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