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SECRET UK EYES A LOCSEN

Withdrawal Plan as 1991. This provided the point of departure for the study itself, about which D N Plans would

brief the Committee under Agenda Item 3.

7. Paragraph ic Future Military Helicopter Force. The

Chairman said that the date for reduction of the Scout

helicopter force from 8 to 6 aircraft would remain as after

Sep 89 with the disposal of the 2 reserve aircraft being

addressed under agenda Item 4. The Wessex force would reduce

from 8 to 6 in Sep 89. These reductions were reflected in

the Withdrawal Plan. The meeting would also address the

establishment level for Wessex aircrew under Agenda Item 5.

The Chairman sought CBF Hong Kong's assurance that the

minimum number of Wessex required under the new Concept of

Operations would remain as 4 airframes. On behalf CBF, SO2

J3 Ops and Plans recommended that the outcome of the 1989

HQ BFHK Helicopter Study should not be pre-judged. The

Chairman accepted this recommendation.

8. Decision. There having been no further observations and

no objections, the Committee agreed that the Minutes of the

previous meeting should be approved as originally published.

ALL

ITEM 2. PROGRESS IN JLG DISCUSSIONS RELATING TO DEFENCE AND

PUBLIC ORDER.

9. The Chairman invited the FCO to brief the meeting on

what was a complex issue.

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SECRET UK EYES A

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