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Inspector finds the France returns pilot worked, but says nobody set out how to judge it

John Tuckett's inspection of Operation Hillmore, the small-boat returns pilot with France, says a linked in-and-out arrangement was established and made to work, while warning that success criteria were never defined and a lessons exercise must happen before staff move on.

British Journal · 11 Nov

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