BACKGROUND--SUEZ: ANNEX B - UK O/B

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00890A000700090013-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Sequence Number: 13
• Content Type: BRIEF

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Cyprus
Malta
Libya
Jordan
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1 Disposition of Royal Navy units
Yalta? unless otherwise noted):
3 aircraft carriers ( 1 at Gibraltar)
1 light cruiser (Cyprus)
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I destroyers ( 1 ref it. 'ii
1 destroyer escort
4 corvettes ( Cyprus)
f? '" submarines ( 2 refitting)
1 amphibious warfare squadr
p~i,n*s.weeping squadrons,'
"(plugs auxiliary vessels)
Disposition 'of Units in Red Sea/Persian
1 light cruiser - Red sea
1 destroyer - Red Sea
3 corvettes ( from East Indies Stadia'' Ceylon) Persian
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Disposition of British combat aircraft in KeditcrranLar area:
9 , Total - - RAF - 189
Fleet Air Arm - 101
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Cyprus .. 150 Jets
( 94 fighters)
(56 bombers /40 light,,16 medium/)
Malts.' 94 -jet fighters
15 jet fighters
C. Fleet Air Ara
Eabarksd on Bulwark 30
Embarked on Eagle 32
Embarked on Albion 30
Ashore at Yalta 9
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