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Brief for the Secretary of State
The Hong Kong Defence Contribution
There are two issues involved:
(1) The size of the contribution
(2) The payment of the contribution for 1957/58
(1) The size of the contribution
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In February 1957 the Defence Committee invited the Colonial Office
annual to examine the possibility of Hong Kong increasing their/contr:
of £1 million towards the cost of the garrison. The Governor's views
have been that the amount of the contribution should be discussed in
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the light of the size of the garrison and the absence of assistance
from Her Majesty's Government towards the refugee problem; this has
been strongly supported to other departments by the Colonial Office.
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(a) whether the long term garrison of six major units should be
(the R. A. Mgiment) temporarily increased by one or two further major units/an
(b) whether Hong Kong should continue to pay a contribution of
£1,000,000 plus the excess cost of maintaining any additional
and above units in the Colony over/the cost of maintaining them in the
United Kingdom if the eelony does not receive any assistance
from Her Majesty's Government or the United Nations towards
resettling the refugees.
The Governor's latest proposals, which are supported by the
Colonial Office, are that the contribution should be fixed for the
next five years at £1 million plus half the additional cost of main-
taining two additional units for the same period (subject to a pro rata reduction if the garrison is further reduced during that period)
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