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funding. This emphasised the need for proposals at an early stage, so that they could be costed within the LTC process; he envisaged the requirement would feature prominently within the context of DCA provisions.

17.

CBF

Hong Kong drew the attention of the Committee to military

considerations. He observed that as it currently stood, his Directive demanded the availability of a naval presence in order that it could be fulfilled, commenting that if this

were not to be the case, then the Directive would need to

be amended. He pointed towards a radical shift over the

past 2 years in the attitude of the Hong Kong Government; there was now a changed perception of realities. They accepted that the size and shape of the PLA garrison was not

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