CONFIDENTIAL
UK EYES B
ANNEX C TO
D CTS STAFF(R) 76/259/22/1 DATED
MAR 89
REVISED ROLE AND TASKS FOR CBF's DIRECTIVE
STRATEGIC AIM IN HONG KONG
1. To help bring about the orderly transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong to
the People's Republic of China in accordance with the policy of HMG.
TASK IN HONG KONG
2.
Your task is to assist the Hong Kong Government (HKG) to maintain stability
and security and to sustain confidence in British sovereignty in the Territory
until 30 June 1997. You are to:
a.
Support the Civil Administration and Police in:
b.
(1) The prevention of illegal immigration.
(2) The maintenance of law and order within the Territory and on its
frontiers;
(3) Dealing with natural disasters and similar eventualities.
Demonstrate HMG's sovereignty over Hong Kong by maintaining the capa-
bility to deploy an appropriate range of military responses in the event of
an incursion, threat of incursion, or any other infringements of Hong
Kong's territorial integrity, in accordance with political direction at the
time.
3.
Where necessary to assist you in these tasks it will be the responsibility
of the Chiefs of Staff to provide you with reinforcements, the scale of which
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