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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 902 OF 24 NOVEMBER.
YOUR TELNO 1178: DEFENCE COSTS.
MOD HAVE ASKED US TO PASS THE FOLLOWING FROM ANDREW FOR DAVIES.
BEGINS
G
1. YOUR PARAS 1 3. OUR TELEGRAM 896 EXPLAINED THAT COSTS HAD
ALREADY BEEN REDUCED TO HONG KONG DOLLARS 454 MILLION AND NOTE
4 OF THE INFLATOR CATEGORY BREAKDOWN, GIVEN TO YOU ON 1 NOVEMBER,
INDICATED THAT FURTHER REDUCTIONS SHOULD BE ASSUMED TO COME FROM
PERSONNEL, BOTH UK AND LOCALLY ENTERED.
ON THIS BASIS THE BREAKDOWN BY INFLATOR CATEGORY SHOULD BE:-
CATEGORY HONG KONG DOLLARS MILLIONS
POUNDS STERLING MILLIONS
1
94
8.9
234 in 1 N
19
0.9
64
6.1
4.
52
4.9
5
21
2.0
6
60
5.7
7
59
5.5
8
59
5.5
9
7
0.7
10
24
2.3
TOTAL
450
42.5
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