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5 April 1993
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1993 REVIEW OF THE GARRISON WITHDRAWAL PLAN: ONE STAR DRAFT
1. Thank you for passing me a copy of the above draft I have
draft the following comments:
i) paragraph 33, second sentence. Add after arrangements the phrase "and financial implications";
ii) paragraph 40, first sentence. While I am not sure what 'directly associated assets' comprise, I do not think we should consider transferring assets to the PLA garrison unless we are committed to doing so. I therefore suggest that the word 'any' be added before 'directly associated assets'.
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iM) In the same Paragraph, The Chinese will not accept that HKG should be responsible for the facility transfer. suggest the second sentence of that paragraph should begin ` formally this will be the responsibility of HMG, in practice HKG will need to act as agent but the garrison will need to assist where appropriate
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