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associated states, and second, activities in support of IMG's foreign policy such as contributions towards United
Nations operations, assistance for the Commonwealth and
other allies, and support for other British political and
commercial interests. With the reduction of the Defence
interest outside NATO, only the minimum resources necessary
to meet this priority are to be provided."
As the Northern Ireland commitment falls within Priority One
(defence of the United Kingdom base) it is not considered in this
paper.
Priority Two Commitments
5. The Guidelines (2) identified two main types of Priority Two
Commitment:
Forces stationed outside the NATO area a
continuing commitment.
b.
Non-NATO operations on which forces are employed from
time to time.
Ability to carry out the latter without recourse to NATO-committed
forces is reduced by the continuing political commitment
to station forces outside the NATO area despite the military
judgement that the reduction of resources to achieve the critical
level was the maximum reduction consistent with maintaining
Note:
2 COS 10/75
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