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1. The cost of the proposals for increasing our forces in Hong Kong are given below.
2. The present total not foreign exchange forecast is £5.6m a yoar which allows for a local cash contribution of £4.5m from the Hong Kong Government. No allowance has been made below for any increase necessary in logistic support (see para 34) nor for increased holdings of war reserves (paras 35 and 36) or additional
accommodation.
3. The annual budgetary costs shown below are given for illustrative purposes, for example, as a measure of the resources deployed for the benefit of Hong Kong. They do not represent the savings that would be made if withdrawn, since some of the units concerned (e.g. the frigate) are part of a general capability and are not provided exclusively for the Hong Kong task.
Additional Units
Additional
Additional cost com- foreign
pared with
exchange
72/73 force cost
Additional British service
manpower
BRARY MA
Annual budgetary costs
£m
levol studies
£m
Sm
Navy
1 frigato
1.2
0.1
1 small flect tanker
0.2
0.1
0.3
25
3 MCMVS (1)
Neg
Ashore
0.2
0.2
Total
166
0.4
0.3
25
DOCUMEN
Lrny
1. Major Unit
British,
accompanied)
1.2
0.8
650
Air Force
Detachment RAF Regt
0.1
0.1
6 UE Whirlwinds
0.3
་་་་་
0.3
150
Support
0.1
•
Total
0.5
0.3
150
Grand Total
3.3
0.6
1.44
825
Note:
1.
Already deployed in Far East mainly to mect Hong Kong requirement.
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