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01/04/2005:

"Army covered up secret quota for black recruits"

It was known as D Factor, the secret Army description for black and Asian recruits.

Files from 1975 released under the Freedom of Information Act show how for 20 years the largest of the Services secretly monitored the ethnic origin of new soldiers, initially to enforce a previously-unknown quota system apparently designed to ensure white domination of units.

Full Article : telegraph.co.uk