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II: Other Military Assistance
7. This can take the form as for instance in the case of the
current programme of assistance to Malaysia of aid for military equipment for specific political purposes: but can also (as in the case of South Arabia) include training assistance. Such training
assistance will often consist of instruction in the use of equipment provided. Existing commitments should be run off. (A full list of existing commitments under this heading is at Annex). Proposals for new items would not be covered by the ceiling arrangements described in paragraphs 2-6 above but would be considered in the Official or Ministerial Military Aid Committee, and if necessary decided by the
Cabinet.
United Nations Military Items
8.
Contributions to United Nations peacekeeping operations should continue
not to be regarded as military aid, but to be taken into account as part of the complex of "subscriptions to international organisations" and to be subject to the procedures for control and allocation of that
category of public expenditure.
Use of British Troops in Overseas Territories
9.
Civil Votes should continue to reimburse to the Ministry of Defence the extra costs of predominantly civil (normally internal security)
perations. Examples are internal security operations in the colonies (a declining commitment), airlift of civil supplies (as in Zambia) and the civil work of the RE unit in Thailand. By their nature, such
Operations can seldom be forecast.
Tom Bar
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