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<p>In order to help the French authorities we have jointly developed improved administrative
procedures, whereby the UK is submitting Legion d'Honneur applications to the French
in a steady flow in approximately the order they were received by the Ministry of
Defence.</p><p>Some 2,900 applications have been sent to the French Embassy since
the new system began in July last year; we have approximately 1,750 cases still to
be submitted and the Department continues to receive new applications on a weekly
basis. Cases are given priority on the grounds of ill-health or extreme age.</p>
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