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ANNEX A to Dr 9/68(c)
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local and in particular poliće morale and thus on the
position of the Hong Kong Government.
Royal Navy
5.
PRESENT FORCE LEVELS AND CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS
The present forces in Hong Kong comprise:
a. One frigate, reinforced by an additional frigate from the
Far East Command in times of tension, to give added support to
maritime police patrols and to act as a deterrent to Chinese
Communist Navy interference. This ship also constitutes the
United Kingdom naval contribution to the United Nations
Command in South Korea.
b.
Two nine countermeasures (MCM) vessels, on rotation from
Singapore, reinforced by two additional vessels in times of
tension for direct support of maritime police patrols to pre-
vent the free influx of refugees by sea and to contribute to
the control of piracy and smuggling.
C. Limited shore support facilities at HMS TAMAR.
The remainder of the Far East Fleet, based on Singapore, is available
for reinforcement of the Hong Kong Garrison.
Army
6. The present concept of operations is based on the need to
retain the capability to control an internal security situation.
To fail to do this would, apart from other consequences, present
the Chinese with a pretext for military intervention. The ability
to maintain control of internal security depends on our ability to
A control the frontier, in order to prevent the situation being aggre-
vated by an influx of large. numbers of infiltrators or refugees.
7.
Furthermore, if we are to continue to implement our present
policy to expose any Chinese incursion into the colony by armed
force as an act of aggression, it is necessary to provide a screen
force on the frontier composed of all arms. This force must be
strong enough to prevent Chinese forces from crossing the frontier
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