Misinterpretation Of Army Exercises Feared
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SINGAPORE, February 11. Routine annual Army exercises, some involving Australian and New Zealand troops, have set the British service authorities a ticklish problem this year because of the tense political situation in Borneo.
The authorities fear that these normal exercises may be misinterpreted as special operations or "show of strength” in the light of the Borneo situation, and thus heighten unnecessary tension in this region. A Unified Command spokesman said that a number of annual exercises were due to
be held this year, and added that the Army authorities would stress that each of them was “routine" N.Z. Troops About 1000 men of the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and the Ist New Zealand Regiment were due to begin an ‘‘air movement exercise” tonight. It will last for three days. The Unified Command spokesman explained that the exercise was to prepare the men for aircraft loading and unloading as well as for movement by air He stressed that the exercises had also nothing to do with the internal security situation in Singapore.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30055, 13 February 1963, Page 7
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