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trained as supervisors to continue the task after the Royal Engineers

returned to the United Kingdom. In addition, Royal Corps of

Transport driving instructors ran courses for local drivers of the

British-supplied food trucks. Royal Engineers also undertook road

and bridging tasks in Kenya, Malawi and southern Sudan.

The Far East

72. In January 1974, the frigate HMS Jupiter towed the Malay tug

Mediator off coral rocks near the coast of northern Java.

Aerial Surveys

73.

Photographic reconnaissance aircraft of the Royal Air Force

have carried out aerial surveys in Kenya, the Yemen Arab Republic,

Oman and Fiji.

74.

EXERCISES

British forces have again taken part in a wide variety of

exercises outside the NATO area, either under the auspices of

international treaty organisations or on a bilateral basis.

HM ships have contributed on a major scale to the principal CENTO

and SFATO maritime exercises and, in addition, have trained whenever

possible with the navies of countries visited. A Royal Marines

company has taken part in jungle training in Malaysia. Royal

Marines detachments in frigates have taken part in minor exercises

in various parts of the world. Army units have exercised in Australia,

Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, the British Solomon Islands, Brunei,

Canada, the Caribbean, Corsica, Cyprus, France, Gibraltar, Hong Kong,

Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, New Zealand, Sudan and the United

Arab Emirates. Royal Air Force aircraft from home and overseas

stations practised regular deployments to the Mediterranean, the

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