SECRET UK EYES A
Vietnamese Boat People in Hong Kong has involved the military in pgistic support to the Hong Kong Government throughout the year carrying out such tasks as provision and erection of tentage,
movement and feeding.
diminishing.
It is a problem which shows no sign of
70. UNFICYP. The UK has maintained its contribution to UNFICYP
on a six-month roulement basis by the deployment of the Cyprus Emergency Reinforcement Regiment (CERR) from BAOR, and an armoured scout car squadron and a transport squadron from UKLF.
British servicemen also serve on the staff of HQUNFICYP.
71. MFO Sinai. The UK has continued to provide a contingent to
serve on the Headquarters staff of MFO Sinai.
72.
UNTAG Namibia. UNTAG Namibia is a monitoring and
assistance group comprising 9,000 personnel from over 24 countries. 7,500 of these are military. The task is to assist and monitor the peaceful transition, with the withdrawal of
South Africa from the territory, to free elections and
independence within the spirit of United Nations Security
Resolution 435. Elements of UNTAG were initially deployed to
Namibia on 1 April with a withdrawal date scheduled for 1 April
1990. The UK's contribution is a Force Signal Unit, initially
171 strong, which is being reduced as tasks in the transition process are successfully completed
OPERATIONS
OPERATIONS. DEPLOYMENTS AND EXERCISES
73.
OOA Operations in 1989.
The Current Operations
Group (COG) has met 10 times (at 1989) for 00A operations and
exercises:
a.
January
Operation SOLUBLE
Embassy)
(Afghanistan
b.
February :
Operation DOUANE (SAE from Afghanistan)
SECRET UK EYES A
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