Streamlined
p. 13 · Read in the full issue
R-Ng Army
Australia is making plans to enlarge and streamline Papua- New Guinea as a military area.
More regular troops will be stationed there and the Pacific Islands Regiment will be en larged.
On October 10, Papua-New Guinea was gazetted as a Military District. This upgrades it from an Area Command, which had previously come under the control of Northern Command in Brisbane. The up grading means a move towards greater autonomy and greater co-ordination of all Army move ments in P-NG.
The increased Australian mili tary interest in P-NG follows the Indonesian takeover of West New Guinea and developments in Malaysia.