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30. Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
a. Consults with MOD and seeks political approval (para 12).
D
After consultation with MOD (Air) seeks diplomatic clearances for overflight and staging facilities (para 18).
31. Ministry of Defence.
On receipt of the request for replacements, consults with the FCO (para 12).
a.
b.
C.
Orders the plan to be implemented (para 21).
States the time at which a public announcement is to
be made (para 14).
32. Ministry of Defence (Navy Department). Nominates naval replacements and arranges for their despatch to departure airfields (para 15).
33. Ministry of Defence (Army Department). Nominates army replacements and if required, individual reinforcements (paras 7a and 15).
34. Ministry of Defence (Air Force Department).
35.
Initiates requests for diplomatic clearances in consultation with the FCO (para 18).
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b. Issues instructions for the deployment of aircraft with supporting elements and individual reinforcements for KAF Akrotiri, if required (paras 6 and 7).
Nominates RAF replacements and arranges for their despatch (para 15).
C.
Headquarters United Kingdom Land Forces. Arranges with HQ STC for the despatch of replacements and, if required, individual reinforcements for RAF Akrotiri (paras 7 and 15).
36. Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Strike Command. Provides aircraft, supporting elements and reinforcements as instructed (para 15).
37. Headquarters Royal Air Force Support Command. Provides supporting elements and reinforcements for RAF Akrotiri if required (para 7b).
38. Single-Service Commanders in Hong Kong. Arrange reception, accommodation and maintenance for replacements on arrival in Hong Kong (para 25).
39. used:
Commander British Forces Cyprus. If an Eastabout route is to be
Informs MOD of the requirement for individual reinforcements for the support of RAF Akrotiri (paras 7 and 26a Annexes D and E).
a.
b.
Provides staging facilities (para 26b).
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