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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 8 OF 4 JANUARY 1978
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
FOLLOWING FOR MURRAY FROM MACLEHOSE.
BRUNEI.
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ON MY RETURN I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED TO SEE THAT IN THE EXCHANGES ABOUT BRUNEI, ENDING WITH YOUR TELEGRAM TO BRUNEI NO 219 OF 21 DECEMBER, THERE HAS BEEN NO REFERENCE TO THE EFFECT WHICH THE COURSE OF ACTION NOW PROPOSED WILL HAVE ON HMG'S CAPABILITY TO REINFORCE HONG KONG OR ON THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
BRIGADE OF GURKHAS.
2. THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE TWO ASPECTS WAS STRESSED IN MY SECRET LETTER TO YOU OF 18 MAY AND IN OUR TELNO 500 OF 17 MAY.
(8/27)
3. RECENT EVENTS INVOLVING THE POLICE HAVE REMINDED US HOW QUICKLY
A SITUATION CAN DEVELOP IN HONG KONG AND HOW NECESSARY IT MIGHT BE
TO REINFORCE THE GARRISON AT SHORT NOTICE.
4. ALTHOUGH IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR I ACCEPTED THAT WE COULD NORMALLY EXPECT NOT LESS THAN THREE WEEKS' NOTICE, THE POLICE TROUBLES CONFIRMED THAT IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WE MIGHT HAVE VERY
MUCH LESS.
5. THEREFORE, IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR BRUNEI, I SHOULD WELCOME AN ASSURANCE THAT THE REINFORCEMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE PREAMBLE TO THE DCA AND IDENTIFIED IN JOINT THEATRE PLAN NO 30 (3RD REVISED) COULD START TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG BY G+70 HOURS AND ALL BE HERE BY G+120 HOURS, WHATEVER OTHER DEMANDS MAY FALL ON THE SERVICES. (NATO, NORTHERN IRELAND ETC).
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