Nathan
GA Member
- Jul 2, 2018
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| From: Marcus Nguyen Minister of National Defence | To: UK Secretary of Defence CC: UK Prime Ministers Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
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| "Dear UK Defence Secretary, Her Majesties government of Canada would like to re-establish our close military ties. As I am sure you are aware, the British Army has historically maintained a defence training area in the Suffield, Alberta, BATUS. We would like to offer the use of the site back to the British Army, with a defence and security agreement. As the main bulk of this message, the Royal Canadian Navy has recently raised a Marine Commando Regiment based both in the Atlantic and Pacific Regions. We would like to request that the RCN be permitted to buy the following assets, either at once or in batches; 2 Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier (including 36 Harrier GR9s, 24 Sea King Asacs) 2 Albion Class Landing Platform Dock 2 Bay Class Landing Ship 2 Ocean Class (HMS Ocean specs) 4 Mexefloats 12 LCU Mark 10 22 LCVP Mark 5 50 Offshore Raiding Craft Aft Console Variant (ACV) 50 Offshore Raiding Craft Mid Console Variant (MCV) As reassurance of the Canadian commitment to the operation of these vessels. We would also be interested in allowing our marines to train alongside the royal marines for an exercise. If permitted following this exercise, we would like to suggest an exchange programme where a Company sized unit of Canadian Marines will serve on British Landing ships, and vice versa. Look forward to hearing back from you. Yours Sincerely,
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