Military & nuclear: in brief (1)
01 January 1991
Military & nuclear: in brief
artdoc April=1992
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.
Statewatch Vol 2 No 2 March/April 1992