XPENDITURE COmmittee (defeNCE & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEE) 39
BRITISH EMBASSY (ATHENS)—DISBURSEMENTS DURING PERIOD 1 NOVEMBER 1974–31 October 1975
Balance (brought forward)
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Payments on behalf of Other Government Departments, Organisations etc
British School of Archaeology
British Broadcasting Corporation Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin
Ministry of Overseas Development Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mauritius Director of Public Prosecution's Office Commonwealth War Graves Commission Department of the Environment
Department of Health and Social Security Department of Trade and Industry Communications Division
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Her Majesty's Stationery Office Ministry of Defence, Naval Ministry of Defence, Army Paymaster General
Central Office of Information
Crown Agents
Government of Malta
Government of Ceylon
GRAND TOTAL
British Embassy, Athens
14 November 1975
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£
£ 491,075
58,184
74
114
2,200
250
243
68,084
82,497
13,377
5,982
3,260
4,004
44,101 13,525
4,647
2,531
3,309
206
236
306,824
£797,899
APPENDIX 11
50 COMMAND WORKSHOP REME-EMERGENCY RESCUE PACK (D.28)
History
Memorandum by the Ministry of Defence
1. The idea of an Emergency Rescue Pack (ERP) was conceived during a REME Study Day in Hong Kong in December 1973, when discussion centred upon a recent bus disaster on Lantau Island in which many passengers were injured and trapped. The scene of the accident was not easily accessible to the conventional civilian rescue services and even when, after some delay, 50 Command Workshop was requested to give assistance the amount of help we could give with our standard recovery equipment was very limited.
2. The realisation that normal rescue services could not cope efficiently with situations of this type, and the necessity to cater for any future accident in a remote area led to the development of a specialist rescue kit capable of being air-lifted by helicopter and delivered, together with its operating crew of two REME soliders and a Medical Officer, to any accident site, with the minimum of delay.
Development
3. The ERP was originally carried in a reinforced wooden box with an all up weight (AUW) of 1,300 lb. This configuration was quite suitable for deployment with the Wessex helicopters, as operated by the RAF in Hong Hong, with their large payload. However, to improve its flexibility, it has recently been redesigned to achieve compatibility with the other types of helicopter in service in the Colony. The wooden box has been dispensed with and all chains replaced by webbing straps, reducing the AUW to 800 lb. The pack is split into two netted loads which can be carried underslung, one at a time by a light helicopter such as the Scout, or both together by the Wessex.