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ANNEX A to DP Note 27/67(A) (Flimsy Draft)
IMPLICATIONS ON ARMY FORCE IEVEIS. UNITED
KINGDOM ARMS PLOT AND UNITED KINGDOM
ACCOMMODATION REQUIREMENTS
SEACOS 153 recommends that:
a.
From 1970 onwards, the Hong Kong Garrison is
increased by one battalion on an unaccompanied basis,
rotated every six to nine months from the United Kingdom.
b.
By the mid-Seventies, when all Gurkhas will have
been replaced by equivalent British units, the whole
of the Hong Kong Garrison (increased to 7 2/3 major units)
is on an unaccompanied basis, less one battalion and
static
units/headquarters on the Island, which would
continue to be accompanied:
Unaccompanied
Accompanied
One armoured car squadron
One infantry battalion
One light regiment
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One field squadron
Five infantry battalions
Furthermore, it is implied that the unaccompanied basis
should be implemented for unit reliefs arriving in Hong Kong from
now onwards.
3.
The Commander-in-Chief's recommendations have implications
on future force levels, the arms plot and the United Kingdom
accommodation plot. These implications are examined below.
Implications on Force Levels.
4. The planned world-wide force levels from 1971 onwards are geared to provide an all British garrison in Hong Kong by 1975 consisting of the following units on a fully accompanied basis:
One armoured car squadron
One light regiment
One field squadron
Five infantry battalions
TOTAL 6 2/3
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