7.
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This paragraph gives scant treatment to the problems of Northern Ireland, and of low level violence (including the defence of North Sea installations). Although it is not for the FCO to suggest formulae, we consider that there should be some assessment of the scale and duration of these commitments, their implications for the size and type of forces we shall require during the period under examination. Perhaps a summary of the arguments in paragraphs 26 to 30 and 74 to 76 of the DSWP report would suffice.
8.
i)
Faragraph 16
Replace the first seven words of the second sentence hy
the following:
"If by unilateral action we were to reduce our
contribution below ...
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(ii) In the penultimate sentence add the following phrase after the word "judgement":
views".
9. i)
"and is subject to revision in the light of Alliance
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Insert the words "to be reached in 1983/84" after the
words "critical level" in the first sentence.
ii)
The first sentence of sub-section (a) should end with the
word "Mediterranean" and should be followed by the following new
sentences:
"Total withdrawal from the Mediterranean would cause
difficulties in the Alliance. While it is the region of ACE least directly relevant to British defence, the agreed Alliance doctrine is that NATO's security is indivisible. There could also be serious repercussions for British interests if we were to appear no longer concerned with the security of our Mediterranean
Allies".
iii)
The parenthesis in the first sentence of sub-section (b)
should read:
'. but this could only be effected as the result of an
MBFR agreement.)"
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