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SECRET RTT 071 HONG KONG COS 25 FROM CBF TO CDS PD REFERENCE ALPHA PD DP 31/70 (C) (DRAFT) PD ONE PD WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING RECENTLY LOW LEVEL SIGNALS ON THE PROBLEMS OF ARMY FORCE LEVELS IN HONG KONG POST 1971 EVEN BEFORE RECEIPT OF REFERENCE ALPHA PD I HAVE DISCUSSED THE WHOLE QUESTION WITH THE GOVERNOR FULLY PD IN THE LIGHT OF UK GOVERNMENT'S CHANGE OF POLICY EAST OF SUEZ
AND IN THE MUCH MORE STABLE CONDITIONS PREVAILING HERE WE HAVE AGREED TO PROPOSE A REDUCTION IN ARMY FORCE LEVELS POST 1971 PD TWO PD IN THE PAST WE HAVE ACCEPTED SIX AND TWO THIRDS MAJOR UNITS SINCE WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD ASSURANCE CMM PUBLICLY PROCLAIMED CHM OF REINFORCEMENT BY ONE BATTALION FROM SINGAPORE AT SHORT NOTICE PD WE NOW AGREE THAT A PERMANENT GARRISON OF SIX AND TWO THIROS MAJOR UNITS WILL BE ADEQUATE AND LONGER REINFORCEMENT
TIME ACCEPTABLE POST 1971 PROVIDING THAT CLM ALPHA PD SITUATION ON THE BORDER REMAINS REASONABLY STABLE PD DRAVO PD INTERNAL THREAT IN HONG KONG DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY NCREASE PD CHARLIE PD
STRENGTH OF HONG KONG POLICE CONTINUES TO EXPAND ABOVE ITS
PRESENT LEVEL WHICH IS NOW HIGHER THAN DURING 1967 TROUBLES PD
THEY CLAIM NOW THAT THEY CAN CONTAIN SECURITY TROUBLE IN URBAN
AREAS FOR SEVEN DAYS WITH SUPPORT FROM EXISTING GARRISON PD THREE
PD DEPLOYMENT OF UNITS PD YOU MAY WISH TO HAVE SUPPORT FOR THE
FIGURE OF SIX AND TWO THIRDS MAJOR UNITS PD PROBABLE DEPLOYMENT
TO HEET HOST LIKELY SITUATION BEFORE REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE WOULD BE TWO AND TWO THIRDS UNITS IN BORDER AREA TO CONTAIN HASS INFLUX
and your units in Kowloon and Island OF REFUGEES IN CONJUNCTION WITH POLICE PD HONG KONG REGIMENT
WOULD FORM A RESERVE PD WE CONSIDER THIS FORCE ADEQUATE BETWEEN
FIRST SIGNS OF TROUBLE AND ARRIVAL OF REINFORCEMENTS PD FOUR PD
REINFORCEMENT TIMING PD THE EXTENSION OF NOTICE FOR FIRST REINFOR-
CEMENT BATTALION TO SEVEN DAYS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE PROVIDED THAT
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