Navy
SECRET UK EYES A
ANNEX
TO
AUS(GS)/263/75
DATED 27 JUNE 1975
COSTS OF PROPOSED GARRISON
SM Per Annum
1975/6 Estimates Prices
Army
1 Frigate and support (1
1 UK Infantry battalion
3 Gurkha Infantry battalions(2)
1 Gurkha Engineer Field Squadron
(plus training wing)
Logistic Support
2.9
22.2
RAF
1 Helicopter squadron and support
1.6
Works Services
5.0
Air Trooping
1.6
33.3
Rounded to
331/12
Notes
(1)
Includes refit cost (EMO.5 per annum) spread equally over a 5 year period.
(2) If the fourth Gurkha battalion were to move to Hong Kong
when it is withdrawn from Brunei the cost of the proposed garrison would increase by £M2.3 per annum.
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