TNAG-0545-FCO40-640-Strength-of-garrison-in-Hong-Kong-1975 — Page 81

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GRS 135

IMMEDIATE

CYPHER CAT/A

FM HONG KONG Ø20940Z

SECRET

SECRET

- 2 DEC 1975

JOKIC 10/1

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TO IMMEDIATE F.C O TELEGRAM NO 1215 OF 2 DECEMBER.

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 913: DEFENCE COSTS.

FOR ANDREW FROM DAVIES.

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YOUR PARA 5(C) (111). FOR EQUIPMENT EX U.K. A FORMULA BASED

ON EITHER THE U.K. INDEX OR THE HK INDEX IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU AND, AS A MEANS OF LIMITING DIFFERENTIAL INFLATION, YOU HAVE OFFERED THE LATTER.

2. WE ARE, THEREFORE, PREPARED TO ACCEPT (FOLLOWING WORD UNDER- LINED) EITHER ACTUAL VARIATIONS IN THE COST OF EQUIPMENT (DEEMED TO BE MOVEMENTS IN THE MONTHLY INDEX OF WHOLESALE OUTPUT PRICES OF MANUFACTURED GOODS IN THE U.K.) (FOLLOWING WORD UNDERLINED) OR, AS A MEANS OF LIMITING DIFFERENTIAL INFLATION AND THUS ONLY APPLICABLE WHERE THIS WOULD RESULT IN A LOWER PAYMENT, MOVEMENTS IN THE MONTHLY CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) IN HONG KONG,

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