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ANNEX A to DP 29/70
Revised Final) (Continued
ANZUK
JOINT FORCE COMMANDER
(**)
Commodore ANZUK NAVAL COMMANDER
Brigadier
Air Commodore
mmodo
ANZUK LAND FORCE
ANZUK AIR COMMANDER
COMMANDER
AUST NZ
Ships
UK
AUST Bn
NZ
UK
AUST
Bn
Bn
NZ Units
UK
1.7. This basic system would however need minor modification to take
account of the Royal Navy command requirement in the general area East of Suez; the Army requirement for control of training units; the Royal Air Force requirement for the control of visiting units and other possible national tasks; and the general need for the
air forces to have suitable links with the IADS.
Naval Command
1.8.
If
The rotation of the post of ANZUK naval commander between
Australia, New Zealand and the UK would be a logical solution.
this was accepted, there would be a requirement for a permanent Resident Naval Officer (RNO) (Commander RN) in Singapore to advise C-in-C Western Fleet (CINCWF) of requirements in SE Asia and to liaise with the ANZUK Naval Commander who would have operational
control of HM Ships allocated to the ANZUK naval force. If however in the course of negotiations it transpired that Australia and New Zealand would prefer to have the ANZUK post filled permanently
by a Commodore RN, this would be an acceptable alternative solution. It is envisaged that the RNO, in the rank of commander, would still be required for national purposes since the ANZUK Commodore (RN
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