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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