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ANNEX to DP Note 27/67(A) (Draft)(Continued)
accompanied basis:
5.
One armoured car squadron
One light regiment
One field squadron
Five infantry battalions
The basic requirement of 73 major units as recommended by
the Commander-in-Chief is examined against two possible courses.
6. Course A. This envisages on all British garrison increased by
one battalion to 73 major units, all of which will be un-
accompanied except for one battalion which will be accompanied;
the extra battalion would arrive in 1970 and the Gurkhas would
rundown to nil.
7.
Implications of Course A.
a. By 1970 we would have the following British units in
Hong Kong:
Unaccompanied
Accompanied
One armoured car squadron
Une infantry battalion
One light regiment
Two infantry battalions
This would be the position until 1972/73 when British
units start replacing Gurkhas.
To meet that deployment we would need to find from our
planned force levels:
(1) Three Armoured car squadrons (One Armoured
reconnaissance Regiment)
(2) Three Light Regiments
(3) Seven Infantry Battalions, one to increase the
Hong Kong Garison by one battalion, and six to back
We
the two unaccompanied battalions in Hong Kong.
could provide four of these from our planned force
levels by using the three battalions earmarked to replace
Gurkhas later, and by retaining the battalion released
from the Amphibious force.
A
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