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the first line servicing tasks.
(6) The Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force should
be used to assist in carrying out essential support
services by augmenting regular station staff and by taking
a larger and more direct part in the Unit's operations
at weekends should the occasion arise,
(7) A title which identifies the Unit with the
Colony should be chosen (e.g. "209 Squadron" or the
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"Hong Kong Air Defence Force"),
(8) The Commander, Far East Air Force, should be
invited to carry out a more detailed examination of the
above proposals with particular regard to the technical
and administrative posts which could be allocated to the
Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force.
The paper contains two references to the financial
aspects of the proposals. First, it refers to the
previously recorded view of the Chiefs of Staff that
"there was no military justification for the permanent
stationing of fighter aircraft in Hong Kong, but that if
political considerations were overriding and if coste
were met from outside the Defence Budget, a small force
of Hunter aircraft could be provided from 1970....".
Second, the paper quotes the Governor as having implied
in his discussion with the Chiefs of Staff on 30 April
that "maximum use of H.K.A.E.C. would be cheaper for
the Hong Kong Government which would have to meet the
costs".
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