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Mr Cormack (Defence Department EMS 14)
Reference....
DEFENCE WHITE PAPER : MR HAWTIN'S LOOSE MINUTE OF 6 MARCH
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1.
We should prefer a rephrasing of the proposed Answer to Question 2, as follows:
"In general our non-NATO allies have shown understanding
of the reasoning behind our proposals, and we have been able to take account of the views of interested parties in planning the details of our withdrawals and without
In some making major changes in our original proposals. cases, notably Hong Kong and Brunei, consultations are still in progress, and it is too early to predict the outcome. This would be less open to the interpretation that Hong Kong and Brunei have been notably lacking in understanding!
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