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I want to fire the whole lot. Instantly. Out, out. No "District" commands, no golden bowlers, nothing. Out … If I could, I'd do what Stalin did to Tukhachevsky.

— Alan Clark Diaries: In Power (1993)

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On reform of the General Staff, while he was Minister of Defence Procurement.

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