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Navy

SECRET UK EYES A

ANNEX

TO

AUS(GS)/263/75

DATED 27 JUNE 1975

COSTS OF PROPOSED GARRISON

SM Per Annum

1975/6 Estimates Prices

Army

1 Frigate and support (1

1 UK Infantry battalion

3 Gurkha Infantry battalions(2)

1 Gurkha Engineer Field Squadron

(plus training wing)

Logistic Support

2.9

22.2

RAF

1 Helicopter squadron and support

1.6

Works Services

5.0

Air Trooping

1.6

33.3

Rounded to

331/12

Notes

(1)

Includes refit cost (EMO.5 per annum) spread equally over a 5 year period.

(2) If the fourth Gurkha battalion were to move to Hong Kong

when it is withdrawn from Brunei the cost of the proposed garrison would increase by £M2.3 per annum.

SECRET UK EYES