CAB129-78 — Page 122

Day Fighter/Ground Attack Squadrons

1

Royal Hong Kong Defence Force

Auxiliary Squadron

(4 Harvards, 4 Austers)

1

ARMY

ANNEX II

GARRISON OF HONG KONG

Major Units - Internal Security Requirement

Artillery

Field Regiments

1

Infantry

Infantry battalions

AIR FOR CES

Royal Hong Kong Defence Force

Auxiliary Squadron

(4 Harvards, 4 Austers)

3

1

ANNEX III

Tentative Programme for Reduction of Garrison

The following table sets out a tentative programme for a reduction of the garrison in all arms to the level required for internal security:

Unit

Field artillery regiment

British battalion

Armoured regiment

British battalion

Heavy A. A. artillery regiment

Page 122 Medium artillery regiment

Light A.A. artillery regiment British battalion

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Date of Withdrawal

January 1956 August 1956 Early 1957 March 1957

Mid-1957

No Pagleet21295f 321 February 1958 April 1958

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