RAF Regiment; and some twelve RAF Stations in the United Kingdom
would be closed.
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We shall reduced planned expenditure on research and development by
some 10 per cent and continue vigorously to support the efforts being
made within the Alliance to increase standardisation in equipment and
eliminate duplication in research and development.
13. Without taking into account any possible reductions under MBFR,
our proposals would involve reducing the planned total numbers of
Servicemen by about 30,000, including some 11,000 locally entered abroad.
In the interests of efficiency, and equally of the well-being and morale
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of the forces themselves, the changes we propose will be made deliberately
and progressively, the bulk of them over the next 5 years.
Some
redundancies, both Service and civilian, will be unavoidable if the
Services and the Ministry of Defence are to be adapted to the new range -
of commitments, and if the balance of ranks and ages necessary for a
satisfactory career structure is to be preserved.
Those who have to
be made redundant will be offered fair terms, and time in which to plan
their future employment. We shall be examining ways in which the
Government can helpt with resettlement into civilian life.
1. Despite these changes, however, the Services and the Ministry of
Defence will continue to offer a wide range of fine career opportunities
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