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Army Information Team
Your telegram No. 204 indicated that the Army Information Team's tour in Hong Kong could be extended until 31st March, 1969 on the basis of the then existing financial arrangements. We have in the meantime been examining further the means of carrying on this work on a civilian basis, and have come to the conclusion that while we shall not be in a position to take over the commitment by the date mentioned, we can most effectively move in this direction at an early date by integrating civilian personnel to work under the direction of the Army Information Team for a time sufficient to identify and overcome any operational problems that might arise from civilianisation.
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The proposal is that:
(a) our Information Services Department mobile film team
which operates in the urban area shall as soon as possible be put under the overall direction of the Officer Commanding the Army Information Team; and,
(b) additional supernumerary posts would be sought urgently to
enable a further team to be formed, and to enable one officer to gain experience of the control and administration of this kind of operation. If approval of these posts is forthcoming we can then hope to integrate soldiers and civilians into three teams, so as to get the best value out of the Army Information Team while it remains here.
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There would not however be time for all this to be carried out and for the necessary experience to be gained by 31st March, 1969 and I hope therefore that it may be possible for the Ministry of Defence to agree to a further extension of the tour in
After speaking to Hong Kong for the Army Information Team to 31st March, 1970
Mr Boyd (FED.)
under the current financial arrangements. We should, of course, have to accept that if the team were for overriding reasons urgently required elsewhere it would have to be withdrawn.
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