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a.
take credit for the £1.5M likely to be underspent on capital account at the end of the present agreement period, and the £1M or so held back on maintenance in response to Hong Kong's interesta
b.
uphold the line that details of the works programme, and in particular its control procedures should, like other operating procedures, be discussed only when an agreement on essentials (namely the size, shape and sharing of the costs package) has been reached
c. make clear that should the financial ceiling for the garrison be set so low as to impel a reduction of the capital works programme, projects directed to the release of land would have to give way to those essential to the support of the garrison, and that the Memorandum of Understanding would have to be revised accordingly.
Postscript
17. Signals are still being exchanged with Hong Kong which may affect the content of this brief (particularly paragraphs 11 and 15) so some last minute updating will be required.
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