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1. I have made

Some

of the chaft brief for the sons

order is te it in

← (202).

مد

27-1-58

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auendments

requested, in

2. I have also introduced a new thomplie

as para. 11 of the

hich seeim me

relevant

brief. The M.A.D. and the Serie Muristes are quibbling, in effect, about £250,000 (di

Nomed

be the

the

little

more in the first year for accommodation) - this

extra cost to them if Governor's proposals in respect of the

exha uits

hoo

were accepted. Is it impossible

t 6 mints (on top

that, if the gamison is

naval & and

If navol

વી.

reductions of the closin of "the dockyards), the Unofficials wire cut the defence contribution to say i... £500,000? If they did

hi the shark team, be

H.

than

تو

the

the

one

half

Services would

£250,0

стора.

Governor's proposals were

accepted. Moreover if

as seems possible

in

crew of their poor title, the Service on eventually got by way of compensation for

considerably

vey

less than the

their lands £3 million mentioned in (202), it would not

be

tharr

very many years before their met additional annual expenditure had more Affset chatever they did eventuady get by way of compensation. This seems

I me

& be a

hout well worth bearing in mind parkinlarly

if the Unofficials and hum som as

Aa

world

I have

I presume be positically suggested,

to bludgeon them with rearve impossible to bludgeon

the defence contribution

quite in

powers into keeping at ₤1 million?

Dandard 31/1/58

203 Hing Kony

Rel.97.T.S.

31-1-58

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