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proval in principle

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We recommend that

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and mobile defences), is a utter which should be dealt with by the Defence of Brses Committee and the Service liinistries.

Accommodation and Base Installations

18.

The forces we have recommended as necessary for Hong Kong differ considerably from those on which C.-in-C. Hong Kong has based his recomodr.tion require.:onts. In addition, the requirements for Baso installations will depend on what defences the Defence of Bases Comittee recomiend.

It will therefore be necessary for C.-in-C. Hong Kong to review his requirements to cater for :- (a) Forces recommended in this paper (b) Defences recomended by the Defence

of Bases Committee.

(c) Special requirements of the Service

inistries including scale of reserve und unintenence holdings.

When the now plan is received we recommend that

Officers Committee.

it should be extulined by the Principal Administrativo

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