CONFIDENTIAL
ANNEX
I. PRESENT GARRISON IN HONG KONG
Navy:
Army:
Air Force:
- 6 Iatrol Craft (5 ex-Minesweepers, 1 ex-tuɛ)
4 lnfantry battalions (3 of them Gurkha) ? Gurkha Engineer rield quadrons
U Lcout helicopters
aritime Troop with 38up Powered Lighters Gurkha Transport regiment
7 WESSEX2 helicopters and 10 pilots
II. REINFORCEMENTS NEUESTED
Ívavy:
Air Force:
3 WESSIX3 helicopters, 7 pilots and necessary
ground staff
3 Fatrol Craft or overcraft and crews
1 starf
1 Battalion plus 2 companies
4 Ecout helicopters, 6 pilots and necessary
ground staff
HQ staff
Additional personnel for aritime Troop
6 wlubr12 helicopters, 9 pilots and necessary
ground staff
NITESUN equipment (searchlights)
Air Transport Command (ATC) and operations staff
111. PERAIRIEL FOR OTHER DERVICE COMMITMENTS IN PROVIDING
REQUISAEL REINFORCEFENSE FOR HORC KONG
in addition to the general upheaval which this additional commit- ment will cause for the Lervices, the provision of the reinforce- ments requested will incur the following >enalties:
(a) Chorazional
1.
2.
koyal Navy: There will be a reduction of two front line Sea King Helicopters.
AITY:
It will not be possible to find a UE battalion for a full six-month tour; instead, Cbr hong kong has agreed
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