British army redundancies in Bosnia

Title

British army redundancies in Bosnia

Genre

Interview

TX Date

25 Feb 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:48

Description

The second phase of the government’s Options for Change cutbacks in the British Army, with the redundancies of 6,500 officers and men. Peter Deeley FM Drivetime show telephone interview with Major Paul Pearson of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers from Bosnia. Pearson confirms all 76 soldiers in Bosnia and Croatia volunteered for redundancy and there were only 8 compulsory redundancies among the 17 officers. Argues this will not affect the strength of the operation in the former Yugoslavia.

Contributors

Peter Deeley; Paul Pearson

Keywords

Armed forces; Cost reduction; Ethnic conflicts; Military personnel; Peacekeeping; Army; Wars (events); Bosnia and Herzegovina; Yugoslav War (1991-1995); Drivetime (radio programme); Redundancies

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