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CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE

DEFENCE OPERATIONAL PLANNING STAFF

ADDITIONAL HELICOPTERS FOR HONG KONG

Draft Report by the Defence Operational Planning Staff

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.26 23 OCT 1969

XP15/393/1.

1. In accordance with the instructions (1) of the Chief of the Defence Staff, we have examined the problem of providing extra helicopters for Hong Kong, within the present cost of the Garrison, as proposed (2) by the Secretary of State after his visit to Hong

Kong in June 1969.

2. We have consulted the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Staff of the Chief Adviser Personnel and Logistics and the Defence

Secretariat.

Recommendations

Our report is at Annex A.

3. We recommend that if they approve our report, the Chiefs of Staff should submit it to the Secretary of State as an expression of their views. A draft submission is at Annex B (not attached to this pre-

liminary draft).

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, SW1

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1. COS 1430/4/7/68, paragraph 3

MO5/14 dated 30th June 1969 - N/R.

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