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Army operated secret curb on ethnic recruits
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THE Army secretly maintained a policy of "quota restrictions" on
non-white recruits for almost two decades, according to official
files made public today.
The papers, unveiled as the new Freedom of Information Act takes
effect, say medical officers were told to make a note of recruits
with "asiatic or negroid features", which could be extended to
someone of Mediterranean appearance or even a "swarthy Frenchman".
It appears that the data was used to regulate the number of ethnic...
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