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MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE

HONG KONG

Present:

Note of a Meeting held in Minister of State's Office at 10.15 a.m. on Friday 5 December 1975

Minister of State

DEFENCE COSTS AGREEMENT

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HE Sir Murray MacLehose

AVM Gingell

ACDS (Pol)

Mr Haddon-Cave

Rear Admiral Hearn ACPL

Governor of Hong Kong

Financial Secretary

Mr Andrew

AUS (GS)

Mr Davies

Mr Thorp

Hd of F1 (Air)

Security

Secretary

Mr Jones

Mr Ward

DS1

DS6

Mr Thornton

Attorney General

Treasury

Mr Hansford

Mr Aggleton

Mr O'Keefe

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PS/Minister of State

Minister of State welcomed the Governor of Hong Kong and his officials. He said that a great deal of detailed work had been completed by officials during the past two days and, as a result of this, he hoped that agreement could be reached on the final text of the Memorandum of Understanding

without undue difficulty. He noted that most of the further work listed in the Annex to the Heads of Agreement, signed in Hong Kong on 1 November, had been completed and that the few outstanding issue would be resolved -ely quickly,

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addition, the joint working party on the release of Service land in Hong Kong had reported that Kai Tak and Victoria Barracks could be given up and reprovisioned according to the

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/timetable