6.
COST SHARING ARRANGEMENTS
of an engineer squadron and transport
troop and other economies in personnel of
all Z Services,
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Under the present agreement Hong Kong's
contribution to the cost of the garrison is
£84m a year.
7.
DEFENCE REVIEW NEGOTIATIONS
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The House will recall that in
announcing the Government's conclusions on
the Defence Review we made it plain thst
although our main defence emphasis must
be on our contribution to NATO, we recognised
that we had inescapable commitments to
retain forces in the dependent territories
including Hong Kong. But we also said that
in Hong Kong we would be making economies
in the forces and seeking from the Hong
Kong Government a larger share of their cost
in the next cost-sharing agreement in 1976.
Since then both Governments have had
preliminary discussions about the future.
size of the garrison and the future cost-
sharing arrangements, leading up to the
recent visit by My Rt Hon Friend the Minister
of State for Defence who has had intensive
negotiations with the Hong Kong Government
on both aspects.
2. My Rt Hon Friend's visit resulted in two
important steps. Firstly he secured
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