PLANS FOR ARMY
Strengthening Approved (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, Nov. 28. The House of Commons last night approved the Government’s plans to strengthen the Army by calling up or retaining national servicemen (conscripts) for six months at times of tension, and creating a new reserve. It rejected a Labour opposition motion against a bill giving the Government authority to do this without the formality of issuing a nroclamation. Voting was 279 to 216 and the bill was given a second reading—agreement in principle—without a farther vote. Several Labour speakers suggested reducing the number of trootps in the Far and Middle East to fill the gaps in Europe. But the Under-Secretary for War (iMr Ramsden) said there were not enough of them to keep up the British Army of the Rhine’s present strength. In any case, the Government wanted to keep balanced forces in the different theatres. The enemy could turn the heat on or off in Europe or the Far East or between the two, he said.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29684, 30 November 1961, Page 20
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