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Secretary, Defence Planning Staff
Copies to:- Director of Defence Plans
Director of Defence Plus (Army) Director of :efence Plans (Air) Foreign Office
Commonwealth Office
Defence Secretariat (D.3.11)
Defence Intelligence Staff
The How Kong Garrison
(D.P. Note 27/67 (Draft))
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D. of 1.P.(N) clears this paper subject to the following amendments:-
Para. 5 Amend last sentence to read:-
"However, if the Commando Brigade is required for the Aden commitment in 1968, this extra unit can only be provided if the requirement is given the necessary priority over other commitments".
Pore. 10 Amend to read:-
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*10. The Commander-in-Chief's requirement for the presence of at least one escort and a few MCM vessels can be met. Until our withdrawal from Singapore, two MCV's will rotate from Singapore, but from the mid 70's it has been assumed (1) that 5 MCMV's will be premanently based in Hong Kong. An escort will continue to be provided from the naval forces assumed (1) to be available in the Far East."
Saru. 11 Delete
9. P. D. Talton-Broxa,
Assistant Director of Defence Plans (Navy
18th October, 1967
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