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01 - On 19 November 1953, the British Cabinet agreed to station an armoured squadron in Ma'an for training with the Arab Legion in accordance with the Anglo-Jordan Treaty.
The Jordanian Government subsequently requested that the squadron be based in Aqaba instead. See paragraphs 3-5 of the Memorandum to the British Government Cabinet from the Secretary of State for Foreigb Affairs "Stationing of British Troops in Jordan"
I assume the ZC7 pefix was used initially as the amateur radio licences would initially have been issued by the British Military, and not by the Jordanian Government, as the above mentioned memorandum states, in paragraph 3:
"The move has not yet been authorised owing to the unsatisfactory attitude adopted by the Jordan Government in regard to the Israel proposal for high-level talks about the Israel-Jordan Armistice, and the risk that our action in sending forces to Jordan (which is bound to become known) would be regarded as encouraging Jordanian intransigence."
Paragraph 5 states: " Her Majesty's Ambassador therefore recommends that we should inform the Jordanians: (i) that we are sending the armoured squadron forthwith;
Paragraph 5 also states: "(The Anglo-Jordan Treaty does not provide for the permanent stationing of British ground forces in Jordan, but only for their engaging in joint training operations "for a sufficient period in each year ".)
Thus, if the stationing of British Forces had been regularised by the end of 1954, one would assume that subsequent licences would have been isssued by the Jordanian authorities, with a JY prefix. (Alan Jubb, 5B4AHJ, E-Mail 2020-11-26)

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