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18. Of the £110M saved by complete withdrawal, some will have

to be added back if only partial withdrawal is agreed. Of the forces which it was intended to withdraw to Europe (£40M) over

half (£22M) would have to be retained. A table summarizing the

approximate annual savings foregone is set out below:

Hong Kong

FPDA

Mauritius/Indian Ocean

£M

RN Army

0.3 9.0

1978/9

1983/4

8.4(1)

9.4(1)

0.2

0.6

0.5(2)

3.2

1.9

0.5(2)

Oman/Gulf

Cyprus

Malta

Gibraltar

०.१

Caribbean/S. Atlantic

तत

6.0

20

20

0.3

4

2.0

13.5(3)

12.5(3)

0.5

2.3 19.5

50.7

Additional Service Manpower

22

44.3

22

72.7(4)

66.3(4)

Notes

1.

Assumes Hong Kong Government pays half costs.

2.

Extra costs of ships group operating.

3.

Includes cost of dockyard of £5M.

4.

Excludes costs of support aspects in para 16

and includes no Defence Budget provision for UNFICYP (see

para 12d).

15.

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