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SECTION ON RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR AND DESCRIBES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY. A BOX GIVES DETAILS OF CONTRACTOR OPERATION OF THE ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT.
ESSAYS
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THREE ESSAYS DEAL WITH PARTICULAR ISSUES IN DEPTH:
''THE EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE IDENTITY'' CONSIDERS THE NEED FOR A MORE COHERENT AND EFFECTIVE ERUOPEAN VOICE IN SECURITY AND DEFENCE MATTERS. NOTING THE CONSENSUS ON NATO'S CENTRAL ROLE, AND THE MOVE OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY COUNTRIES TOWARDS POLITICAL UNION, IT ARGUES THAT FUTURE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS MUST BE COMPLEMENTARY AND LINKED BY OPEN CONSULTATION.
IT PROPOSES THE WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION AS THE BASIS FOR A CLEARER EUROPEAN SECURITY IDENTITY THAT ACCOMMODATES THE DYNAMIC OF POLITICAL UNION WITHOUT JEOPARDISING THE PROVEN FOUNDATIONS OF ALLIANCE DEFENCE.
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'MULTINATIONAL FORCES IN NATO CONSIDERS ALLIANCE PROPOSALS FOR GREATER USE OF MULTINATIONAL FORCES AND THE USE OF SUCH FORMATIONS IN PRACTICE. IT NOTES THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE BASIC TENETS OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY AND SOLIDARITY, AND ARGUES THAT NEW FORMATIONS WILL FURTHER PROMOTE BOTH COOPERATION WITHIN NATO AND THE FLEXIBILITY TO COPE WITH UNEXPECTED THREATS TO SECURITY.
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''OUR APPROACH TO PROCUREMENT EXPLAINS THE PRINCIPLES BEHIND DEFENCE PROCUREMENT POLICY, DESCRIBING THE TRANSFER OF FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL RISK TO THE SUPPLIER, AND COMPETITION FOR CONTRACTS
IT BASED ON PUBLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS AND OPEN TENDERING. POINTS TO THE BENEFITS TO GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY OF THE POLICY.
ANNEXES
14. ANNEXES LIST UNITS OF THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED UNDER OPERATION GRANBY, AND PROVIDE THE CUSTOMARY ANALYSIS OF THE STRENGTHS OF EACH OF THE SERVICES.
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CERTAIN POSTS WHO REQUESTED COPIES OF SDE 91 EARLIER IN THE YEAR WILL BE RECEIVING THEM BY BAG SHORTLY.
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