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CONFIDENTIAL UK EYES A
ROYAL COLLEGE OF DEFENCE STUDIES OVERSEAS COMPOSITION OF THE 1994 COURSE
Note by DCDS (C)
Introduction
1.
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLACES
The regional distribution of overseas places at RCDS for
1994 has been based on the same formula as was used last year.
This distribution of places will almost certainly need to be
adjusted next year, for two reasons. Firstly, the generally
recognised, but as yet
yet ill-defined, requirement to provide
military assistance to the emerging countries of Eastern Europe
is likely to justify an adjustment of allocations in their
favour, particularly if Russia is offered a permanent place from
1995. Secondly, there may be a need for an increase in the number
of floating places to ensure that the system retains sufficient
flexibility to respond to the ever changing environment and to
ensure that deserving cases do not lose out purely on grounds of
an over-subscribed regional allocation.
2.
To assist in planning, it is proposed from next year to look
in outline at possible allocations two or three years ahead. The
aim would be to help achieve better overall prioritisation and
balance and avoid situations where places are offered to
countries simply because they have identified a good candidate,
possibly denying those more deserving in defence or foreign
policy terms.
CONFIDENTIAL UK EYES A