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ANNEX A to
DP 17778(C)(Preliminary Draft)
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND/OR REORGANISATION TO PERMIT PRIORITY
TWO COMMITMENTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN WITHOUT ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE
UK CONTRIBUTION TO NATO
59.
Certain commitments cannot be undertaken without adverse
effect on NATO, and neither additional resources nor re-organisation
could ameliorate the situation.
Deploying protection forces for
an evacuation, reinforcing a Non-NATO garrison or deploying a
battalion group for a peacekeeping task require virtually the
entire resources of the ATF. While all the aircraft are unlikely
to be required for longer than a period measured in days rather
than weeks, the effects on NATO could be significant if the
operation were to take place when the ATF would otherwise have
been involved in a major exercise. Other commitments may be
susceptible to acceptance with reduced potential damage to the
UK contribution to NATO either through the provision of additional
resources or by a measure of re-organisation. To make no
adjustment, but to maintain the present arrangements without
additional resources would mean that the status quo could be
sustained, but the anticipated increase in commitments could not
be matched. Even to maintain the status quo would involve
assuming that NATO would continue to accept teeth arm units being
withdrawn with little likelihood of return within present
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