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ANNEX A to DP 31/70(C) (Draft) (Continued
C.
Replacement from UK. A replacement from the UK would
have to be provided either to fill the gap in Singpaore or
Brunei created by the deployment of the spearhead battalion
to Hong Kong or to maintain the spearhead system should one
of the battalions be committed to a local operation in
Singapore/Malaysia or Brunei.
d.
Training.
The requirement to keep the spearhead
battalion at short notice to move would inhibit training.
This restraint would bear more heavily on the Singapore bat-
talion than on the one in Brunei. As a component of an
ANZUK force, the Singapore battalion would be expected to
adhere to the Force Comander's training programme.
However by carefully arranging the spearhead roster it
should prove possible to overcome this problem.
Deduction
14. We deduce that, despite practical difficulties, it would be
feasible from the military point of view for the two battalions
stationed in Singapore and Brunei tc provide between them the
immediate reserve unit for Hong Kong, provided possible political
objections to their use for this purpose can be overcome.
A
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