TNAG-0545-FCO40-640-Strength-of-garrison-in-Hong-Kong-1975 — Page 84

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the Secretary of State for Defencehas proposed to his OPD colleagues that it should run for a period of 7 years in the first instance and should be renewable on the same terms for periods of 5 years thereafter unless either Government gives the other notice a year, before the end of each such period that it wishes to vary the terms. This is rather more than the Hong Kong Government have pressed us for and also avoids a commitment to any further negotiations in the future. Mr Rodgers will be anxious that this should not be revented to the Governor before they meet on Friday to discuss the total

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1 December 1975

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PL O'Keeffe

Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Dept.