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SECRET UK EYES A
agre by HQBF HK, the infantry battalions should be withdrawn as
follows:
The second Gurkha battalion should be withdrawn by October
1994. Withdrawal is to be achieved by amalgamation of 2 GR and 6
GR, as planned in the Brigade of Gurkhas rundown plan.
a.
b.
Subject to confirmation in the 1995 Review, the third Gurkha
battalion should be withdrawn in December 1996, after which time
the Garrison's infantry element will reduce to a single UK
battalion. The withdrawal of the third Gurkha battalion is to be
achieved by the Arms Plot move of 1 RGR from Hong Kong to UK.
SUPPORTING ARMS AND SERVICES
13.
The new BFHK concept of operations' will result in a reduction
in the levels of combat support required. An example of this is the
level of engineer support: which is
regimental to squadron size in 1994.
now planned to reduce from
Reductions may also be possible
in the Defence Animal Support Unit (DASU) and communications elements.
Changes will also be evident in combat service support elements. This
will be particularly so with transport, as the new Gurkha infantry
battalion establishments are implemented and 28 Sqn QOGTR moves to the
UK in November 1993.
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HK 10001 J3 Ops BFHK Concept Of Operations (operational Instruction 2/92), dated 9 November 1992.
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SECRET UK EYES A
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