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THE 1971 WAR BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN INVOLVING BANGLADESH MARKED A WATERSHED IN THE HISTORY OF THE SUBCONTINENT. AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT SCATTERED THE VIEW OF THOSE WHO ADVOCATE MILITARY REGIMES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ON THE GROUNDS THAT SUCH REGIMES STRENGTHEN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) in China is an important element in the Chinese Communist effort to achieve national integration, particularly in the strategically important & sparsely populated border regions inhabited by minorities. The first function of the PLA in minority regions such as Sinkiang, Tibet, & Inner Mongolia is to establish public security & order, often through provision of civil administration. A second function is the recruitment & training of cadres. Many PLA minority soldiers are trained as cadres, & assume official positions in minority regions after completing military service. The PLA is responsible for organizing & training the militia in national minority regions through the contributions of regular PLA units & through the organization of the "production & construction corps" which handles various developmental programs. The PLA also recruits & trains national minority soldiers, some of whom are selected as exemplary models for emulation by the masses. Through these activities the PLA has become an important agent for minority socialization & has contributed to national integration in China. Modified AA.

The attachment of a soldier to an army is to be explained primarily, not by his attitudes to the society which the army defends, but by the attitudes of other army personnel. Most deserters in the Vietnam War were motivated by personal, family, or financial problems deriving from a lack of integration into society in general. This lack contributed to their lack of ties to the military. The avoidance of desertion requires that such ties be developed. W. H. Stoddard.

In the decade of the 1970's there will be an increase in the number & % of women in the US military. Trends indicate that this rise will move steadily but gradually from less than 2% women in the armed services to approximately 4%. Although the number & % of women in uniform will remain small, their increase will assist in meeting the expected "short fall" in manpower. The trend to expand the number of women in the military will continue in the 1980's, but it seems unlikely that a 10% level, which could be considered possible, will be reached. Historically in industr'ized countries women have been excluded from armed combat roles & signif positions in admin. They have served as nurses, secretaries, & clerks & in routine types of COMM's. Each service has made plans & proposals to increase the number of women & the variety of jobs open to them & to deal with other expressed dissatisfactions, such as living quarters & regulations related to the retention of the careers of married women. Additional problems of protocol between the sexes & the integration of women in the military will have to be faced. Although it is likely that the military will continue its tradition of excluding women from direct combat positions, with an increased emphasis on deterrence, there will be an increase in the number of positions in which the "fighting spirit" is irrelevant, many of which will become available to women. HA.