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ELIGIBLE TO APPLY UNDER THE GAS.
4. THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES HAS PUT TO ME COMPELLING ARGUMENTS THAT THE VIRTUAL EXCLUSION FROM THE SCHEME OF THE 1,500 OTHER RANK LEPS WILL PLACE HIM IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION IN MAINTAINING THE MORALE OF HIS LOCAL PERSONNEL, AND THUS THE VIABILITY OF THE GARRISON UP TO 1997. I AM SYMPATHETIC TO THE PROBLEMS HE WILL FACE.
5. WE CANNOT MAKE ADDITIONAL PROVISION FOR THE GARRISON UNDER THE SSS. ELIGIBILITY FOR A PLACE UNDER THAT SCHEME IS STRICTLY DEFINED. ANY LOOSENING OF THE DEFINITION WOULD HAVE SEVERE KNOCK-ON IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WHOLE CIVIL SERVICE.
6.A BETTER SOLUTION WOULD BE TO INCLUDE LEPS IN THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES SCHEME ON THE SAME BASIS AS THE OTHER DISCIPLINED SERVICES, IE WITH A POSSIBLE SUCCESS RATE OF ABOUT ONE IN SEVEN. UNDER SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A QUOTA OF ABOUT 200 FOR GARRISON LEPS. THOSE WHO WISH TO APPLY WOULD COMPLETE ON A POINTS SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THAT APPLIED IN RESPECT OF THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES IN THE SECOND TRANCHE. WE WOULD USE ALL 200 PLACES IN THE FIRST TRANCH, WHICH WOULD BE INCREASED TO 6,200 AS A CONSEQUENCE.
6. ALTHOUGH A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT OF THIS SORT FOR MEMBERS OF THE GARRISON WHO WILL BE DISBANDED BY 1997 HAS SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITH A SCHEME WHICH IS OTHERWISE DESIGNED TO KEEP PEOPLE IN PLACE THROUGH 1997, I THINK I COULD BE JUSTIFIED. THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE GARRISON REQUIRE SPECIAL MEASURES.
7. I HOPE YOU AND THE HOME OFFICE CAN AGREE TO THIS PROPOSAL.
WILSON
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