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Costs or Proposed Gavelson

Navy

Acry

1 Frigate and support (1)

1 UK Infantry battalion

3 Gurkha Infantry battalions

1 Gurkha Engineer Meld

Squadron plus training wing) Logistic Support

An p.0.

1975/6 Bstimates nulocs

2.9

22.2

RAP

1 Helicopter squadron and support

1.6.

Works Services

5.0

Air Trooping

1.6

33.3

rounded to

33

Notes

(1)

(2)

Includes refit cost (20.5m p.a.) spread equally over a 5 your period.

If the fourth Gurkha battalion were to move to Hong Kong when it is withdrawn from Brunei the cost of the proposed garrison would increase by 22.3 p.a.

(3) The costs of maintaining the present patrol craft (30.8m p.a.)

and the artillory battery 81.3m p.a.) would have to be borne in full by the Hong Kong Governmont, if they wished to retain

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them.