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DEFENCE AND PUBLIC ORDER
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1. Consultations with the Chinese
Recent meetings of the Joint Liaison Group have included discussion on future arrangements for defence and public order in Hong Kong. This has been supplemented by discussion between. experts. The main issues are our provisional planning for the gradual run-down of the British garrison; the planned expansion of the Hong Kong police to take over certain internal security tasks. from the garrison; and arrangements for a Chinese garrison to assure Hong Kong's defence after 1997. These discussions have made good progress, and are continuing.
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