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manpower and reinforcement levels and capability, will be
required to determine the cost implications of the final decision
This paper should be read in
on commitments to be retained.
conjunction with Annex J of the DSWP report.
3. Financial Basis and Comparisons.
Of the total of £150M a year which could be saved by complete
withdrawal from non-NATO commitments, £110M have been taken
as savings, and £40M as the cost of forces withdrawn to
Europe and subsequently disbanded. Partial withdrawal would
mean that the full £110M could not be saved, nor could forces to
the value of £40M be withdrawn. both these figures being pared.
Overseas Commitments
This paper therefore shows
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Hong Kong.
It is considered politically necessary to retain this
commitment much as at present, but desirable to look for
considerable reductions on present costs. The principal
tasks of the UK garrison are:
(i) To support the civil administration and
complement the police in maintaining law and order.
(ii) To identify aggression and resist incursions.
The approximate minimum level to which the forces
could be reduced while continuing to meet these tasks and
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