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SECRET UK EYES A
Withdrawal Plan, and incorporated within it, should be consideration
of any special contingency arrangements that might be required for the
evacuation of specific UK personnel in extremis during the final
months of British Sovereignty. Inclusion of a positive psychological
operations activities in the Hong Kong Garrison Withdrawal Plan should
be considered by the MOD Directorate of Joint Warfare with HQBF HK.
The HKSC should be updated on the development of the Hong Kong
Garrison Withdrawal Plan at each HKSC meeting from February 1994.
RESIDUAL ISSUES AND ACTIVITIES POST-30 JUNE 1997
48. Although for planning purposes a 'clean-break' on 30 June 1997
should be assumed, there will almost inevitably be some residual
administrative and representational activity beyond the transfer of
sovereignty to the PRC. The detail and extent of this activity and of
those residual issues that may continue beyond 30 June 1997 cannot yet
be determined, and should be addressed in the 1995 Review. However,
matters that should be included in the 1995 Review will be
confirmation of the withdrawal date of the last Gurkha battalion,
details of the final 12 months of British Sovereignty (and of the
final 3 months in particular), and the requirement for the FCO to
consider the need for a services assisted evacuation (SAE) JTP for
Hong Kong post-June 1997.
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SECRET UK EYES A
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