HC Deb 10 December 1968 vol 775 c93W
78. Sir T. Beamish

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many trained reservists are needed to mobilise the British Army on a war footing, including fulfilling the United Kingdom's commitment to the British Army of the Rhine; and what trained forces he estimates would then be available for home defence.

Mr. Boyden

About 60,000. It would not be in the public interest to answer the second part of the Question.

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