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Military & nuclear: in brief

01 March 1992

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Defence Export Service Organisation: has the following overseas offices (date set-up in brackets): Washington (1972); New Delhi (1984); Riyadh (1984); Kuala Lumpar (1986); Seoul (1988); Ankara (1988); Kuwait (1988); Canberra (1989); Jakarta (1991); Bangkok (1991) (Hansard 23.1.92 col 340).

New Chief of General Staff: General Sir Peter Inge has been appointed Chief of the General Staff in succession to Field Marshal Sir John Chapple (MOD press release 13.2.92).

New Army districts: the two Army districts of Wales and Western are to be amalgamated from April as are the South-East and South-West districts. The five districts will then be: Scotland, Eastern, Wales and Western, Southern and London (MOD press release, 11.2.92).

Territorial Army: the size of the part-time Territorial Army is to be cut from 74 000 to 63 500 (Times 11.12.91).

US special forces in UK: RAF Alconbury is to become the command and operations centre for US special forces. The unit equipped with helicopters and specially adapted transport plans will be available for use in a terrorist crisis in Europe the Middle East Africa or the CIS (Sunday Telegraph 26.1.92).

The future of emergency planning in London a new role for the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority (LFCDA) is proposed in a report published by the London Emergency Planning Information Centre (EPI). Available from Emergency Planning Information Centre, Bedford House, 125-133 Camden High Street, London NW1 7JR.

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