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This Order adds the Headquarters of the Commander Submarine Forces Eastern Atlantic Area (COMSUBEASTLANT) and the Headquarters of the Commander in Chief of UK Air Forces (CINCUKAIR) to the international headquarters mentioned in Part II of the Schedule to the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) Order 1965.

The effect is to extend to the two headquarters and certain persons connected with them the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (c. 67) as amended by the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964. It also confers on the two headquarters the like privileges as respects the inviolability of their official archives as are accorded to diplomats accredited to Her Majesty.