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2ND DRAFT
The reduction is largely the result of a shortfall in recruitment
of industrial staff. A further 19,000 civilians are employed at
the Royal Ordnance Factories, and their costs will be met from the
Trading Fund, set up in 1974 to improve the Ordnance Factories'
ability to operate in a commercial environment.
DEFENCE BUDGET_7
If not completely covered in Chapter 1.7
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