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proposed for further study - mostly additional deployment options for existing reinforcement forces - could only be accommodated within the level of expenditure approved by Ministers if the host nations concerned were prepared to provide and pay for the necessary logistic and transport support. willing to do this is a matter for doubt; credit for having made the offer.
Whether they would be but we should gain
The FCO have pressed throughout the Defence Review for greater emphasis on rationalisation and specialisation in defence tasks and for more standardisation of military equipment within the Alliance. The Americans in particular attach importance to greater co- operation in these areas, and the reference to this in the draft reply to Dr Luns' letter (para. 5) will be welcome to them and to
our other Allies.
In general we think that the draft reply makes the right points and the Secretary of State can endorse it.
Annex D (Passage on Consultations with NATO for inclusion in the White Paper)
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These paragraphs recording the consultations which have taken place in NATO (though not HMG's response) have been discussed with
the Secretary General, and as Mr Mason says in para. 15 of the paper, our Allies should find them broadly acceptable.
Secretary of State can endorse them.
Defence White Paper
The
The Secretary of State will wish to look particularly at the following passages:
i. Chapter 1, paras. 1-16 and Chapter II, paras. 1-36. These
describe the politico-military and economic background to the
Defence Review decisions and have been drafted with the
/objectives of
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