translate English to French: Even if, as the April 2, 1968 press release asserted, English would remain the language of operations outside FLUs and in the air, it was hoped that creating FLUs would be a step toward the ultimate objective of making military personnel at major bases and units, and at headquarters, capable of communicating among themselves in either of the two official languages.79 The CDS and his special Secretariat were simply waiting for the arrival of this letter to launch another phase, namely the drawing up a general B & B plan for the Forces.
toutes les unités des FAC puissent être expédiés dans les deux langues.