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SECRE

MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE

HONG KONG DEFENCE COSTS

Record of the Fourth Plenary Meeting at Government

House, Hong Kong on 31 October 1975 at 5.00 pm

Present

357)

UK Government

Minister of State

for Defence

Mr Andrew

Care Perowne

Mr O'Keeffe

Mr Jones

Mr Ward

Mr Thorpe

Mr Goodfellow

PS/Minister of State

Hong Kong Government

The Governor of Hong Kong

Sir Denys Roberts, Colonial

Secretary

Mr Haddon-Cave, Financial

Secretary

Mr Davies, Secretary for

Security

Mr Wiggham

Mr Jenney

Mr Cartland PS/Governor

Service Adviser

Lt General Sir Edwin Bramall, CBF

The Minister of State opened the meeting by confirming that he had very reluctantly concluded that he would not press for a formal announcement of any agreement to be made on his departure. He had agreed that confidentiality should be observed on the extent to which agreement had been reached,

subject to the outcome of the deliberations of the working parties on the release of the two sites. This was on the assumption that agreement would be made public early in

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