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NOTES OF A MEETING HELD AT MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, LONDON ON 17 AND 18 JULY 1975 TO CONSIDER A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN HMG AND THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG ON THE DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION

Present:

Chairman:

Mr RJ Andrew

Hong Kong Government

Mr L M Davies

Mr D G Jeaffreson

Mr B G Jenney

Mr G C Thornton

Mr E B Wiggham

Ministry of Defence

Mr A F Thorp

Mr A J Ward

Mr D G Jones

Mr F W Brewer

Treasury

Mr JE Hansford

Mr G E Fitchew

Assistant Under Secretary (General Staff)

Secretary of Security

Colonial Secretariat, Finance Branch

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Legal Branch Finance Branch

Def Policy & Materiel Division

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Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Mr B H Dinwiddy

Mr P L O'Keefe

Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Department

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Property Services Agency, DOE

Directorate of Defence Services

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Mr P C Aggleton

Mr AG Roney

Secretary

Mr NCD Cleary

Introduction

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Mr Andrew welcomed Mr Davies and his colleagues. He explained that UK Ministers had not yet reached any decision on the proposed force level for the Hong Kong garrison, nor on the proportion of costs to be sought from the Hong Kong Government.

There was, however, strong pressure in the UK for Hong Kong to bear the greater part of the costs. Under the circumstances, he proposed that the meeting should confine itself entirely to discussion of the alternative UK and Hong Kong texts of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which had been reproduced as Annexes A and B to the proposed Agenda.

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