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17 NOV 1975

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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 1159 OF 17 NOVEMBER.

FOLLOWING FOR ANDREW AUS, MOD FROM DAVIES.

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

AT THE MEETING WITH THORPE AND JONES ON 1 NOVEMBER WE AGREED THAT WE WOULD PUT FORWARD AMENDMENTS TO THE MOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION,

2. THE DRAFT MOU CANNOT BE COMPLETED UNTIL A DECISION IS REACHED ON THE LENGTH OF THE AGREEMENT: BUT SUBJECT TO THIS AND TO THE PROVISIONS IN THE MOU COVERING WORKS SERVICES (ON WHICH I AM TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY) THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS APPEAR TO BE

NECESSARY.

3. PARAGRAPH 4. WE ARE STILL CONSIDERING HOW TO SET OUT THE FIGURES OF COST IN ANNEX B, WHEN WE HAVE DECIDED ON HOW TO DO THIS WE WILL PROPOSE THE PRECISE WORDING OF THE SECOND SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 4. ALSO, WE PROPOSE THE ADDITION OF A FURTHER SENTENCE AT THE END OF PARAGRAPH 4 AS FOLLOWS

''DETAILED PROVISIONS FOR THE CALCULATION AND PAYMENT OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION WILL BE SET OUT IN THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PROCEDURES TO BE AGREED BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS.''

4. PARAGRAPHS 5 AND 8. THE WORDING OF THESE PARAGRAPHS DEPEND

ON OUR PROPOSALS FOR WORKS SERVICES, WHICH I WILL TELEGRAPH

SEPARATELY.

.5. RENUMBER PARAGRAPHS 9 AND 10 AS PARAGRAPHS 11 AND 12.

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