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OF CREATING NEW, SEPARATE WEU HQ STRUCTURES. OTHER COUNTRIES WILL HAVE SIMILAR EXAMPLES OF WHAT THEY COULD CONTRIBUTE. THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT THE EFFORT SHOULD BE A COMMON ONE, AND LED ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS BY THOSE WITH THE RESOURCES MOST APPROPRIATE TO THE TASK.
TURNING TO AVAILABILITY OF FORCES, WEU OPERATION MAY REQUIRE THE PROVISION OF LAND FORCES. HERE THE UK COULD MAKE A USEFUL A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION ON THE BASIS WHICH I HAVE DESCRIBED. SINCE OUR MODERN ARMY IS DESIGNED AS A PROFESSIONAL, MULTI-ROLE FORCE, IT IT IDEALLY EQUIPPED TO ADAPT TO ANY OF THE THREE MAIN TASK AREAS FACING THE WEU-HUMANITARIAN, PEACEKEEPING OR MILITARY INTERVENTION BT
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