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become surplus to requirements.

All items not identified, by a given

date, for use by the HKG or the Equipment Managers, should then be

assumed to be available for disposal in-Theatre. BFHK could then

identify opportunities for gifting or sales in Theatre. Remaining

equipment would then be disposed of as waste or scrap. Receipts would

be allocated in accordance with the DCA.

KEY ISSUES FOR REVIEW

BATTALION WITHDRAWAL DATES

15.

The 1991 Review', which is still unfunded, envisaged retention

of the option of delaying the

the withdrawal of the second Gurkha

battalion until 1995, that is FY 95/96. It also concluded that it

might be necessary to retain the third Gurkha battalion until late

1996 or early 1997, and that the UK battalion remain until June 1997.

Decisions on the withdrawal dates of the second

dates of the second and third Gurkha

battalions were to be reassessed in the 1993 Review. Following the

guidance given in the MOD policy paper 'The Rundown of the Hong Kong

Garrison to 1997' the infantry battalions should be withdrawn as

follows:

CDS 32/91.

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SECRET UK EYES A

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