CO_968_583_DEFENCE_OF_HONG_KONG_1957_1959 — Page 14

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If we say that we cannot put this

that light whinge 140£783 Še

to Hong Kong but provided we shall find it difficult if not

impossible

is

йо

Was office reason

whits

in Hong Kong, and the

to accept on

the Coloinal seirices

a year as there

Vote the chaye of £500,000

to keep the two

Kong, and the war office.

to justify to

Parliament

have to consider

how we

can

meet this chaye

which

Can

only

will be unable

their meeting this cost.

We therefore have

We

do by finding compensating sairings. This can in fubsent excumstances only to achieved at the expense of policy elsewhere e.q. by

the proposed contribution

deciding

нов

to

mahe

of £500,000 (or maybe more) to the Nigerian

о

Military Forces

by reducing the proposed

Eraut

to Kenya from Hm

to 7500,000

or by reducing

the Eraul

Halta by

at least

£2m instead o

the Hm

о

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lue

шам

in

in wind. Indeed we

have in

have to make some of there reductions

any

so that

event fa finely financial reasons

we cannot at the moment be

certain that this

that this is all

Il seems

we may have to do.

to we that we

would be ou

such steps

wealthy Colony.

weah financial ground to takel

to provide money for

а

In our pulsent critical and very dangerous

financial position we

riglih to expech

that

have surely some wealthy Colonies will

play then full part in meeting expenditure.

As this is a

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matter which is likely

to have dritch consequences

on

the Colonial

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