3.
funkti
allocation of six mit was
appedved by
Sudaequently Of cou
on 27th Feb 1917
(20 on Def 25251/02).
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These proposals were supported by BDCC(FE)
and also by the Governor of Hong Kong.
It was
not however possible for H.M.G. to meet the full
force requirements, and in the course of the
Long Term Defence Review the Chiefs of Staff asses-
sed the minimum garrison necessary for the
and of putting up a show of face on the purpose of maintaining law and order as six major units. This covered the functions in para:1(a)
and (b) above, but an additional infantry
battalion, plus a Royal Artillery regiment, was conceded over and above para. 2(a) and (b) to
maintain a show of force on the frontier.
was made clear that if further forces had to be
found for the garrison of Hong Kong they would
have to be taken away from somewhere else.
It
The garrison in Hong Kong is at present
at 7 major units, the addition to the six units
referred to above being provided by an extra
field regiment of Royal Artillery, which is
however due to leave Hong Kong in the near future.
The Venan squadron has been reduced to a flight
of three planes plus a trainer, with a life of
only about another 18 months to 2 years, and
after their withdrawal no plans exist to replace
althansh
them, despite the fact that the Governor of
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Hong Kong regards the protection afforded by
R.A.F. planes as a continuing requirement.
It
has been decided that the naval dockyard should
be closed over a two-year period ending in
November 1959, and an announcement to this effect
was made in November 1957 in Hong Kong.
The
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naval base is also to be reduced, but under the
most recent naval dispositions it has proved possible to station in Hong Kong a destroyer/ frigate and 6 inshore minese pare for 8 the
/protection