SECRET UK EYES A
LOCSEN
level of 6 UE and 2 IRRS
subject to COS approval.
for a 6 month trial period, also
If the trial proves the
feasibility and cost effectiveness of the IRR concept, this management arrangement should be adopted formally from end-1989; if not, it is proposed that the Scout force level should remain at 8 UE. Either solution will require
revision of existing LTC provisions. [Once the RHKP have assumed responsibility for the whole border and the majority of the military tasks (from about 1993), the Garrison's half
company IS lift requirement will reduce to a simultaneous single platoon lift, which will be provided by 4 Wessex. Associated LH support from about 1993 will require 4 Scouts, but if the garrison is reduced in the period 1994-1997 - subject to security and stability to a single UK battalion group (the ultimate intention) 3 Scouts will be adequate
(12).]
50. Summary Table.
The Garrison Withdrawal Plan is
summarised diagrammatically, in relation to the Police Expansion plan, at Annex F This table reflects events
which have occurred since the issue of CDS 7/87 as well as anticipated variations in the future development of the Police Plan.
Note:
12. HQBFHK have advised that the information in square brackets, and that contained in Annex B, (which is extracted from CDS 7/87) is out of date and will be amended by the 1989 HQBFHK-led helicopter study. The information is retained for the record and as a reference for LTC planners
pending MODUK approval of the 1989 helicopter study.
COS49.6-17
33 LOCSEN
UK EYES A
SECRET