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"Go on-you ask him i he's Lord Ialisham.....”
ARMY SURPLUS STORE
"What is the name of the film director who discovered Brigitte Bardot?"
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by Mr Henry Brooke, the Housing Minister, opening the 2,000th post-war house
The
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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1959.
THE CHINA MAIL PRESENTS A, SOBERING. AUDIT OF
WHITEHALL SPENDING ...
Fantastic Fork-out
BY CHAPMAN PINCHER
IT'S EITHER A STAGGERING
GAMBLE OR A SCANDALOUS WASTE
THE astronomical figure of £13,600 million" has been forked out by the
British taxpayers to build up the nation's défences in the last 10 years.-` A lot of it has gone into paying and feeding the Forces, but easily the biggest single item is the sum spent on providing new weapons and equipments.
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The scientists and engineers in defence projects have got through more
than £6,000 million
enough to give £120 to
every man, woman, and child in Britain.
Yel on all sides there are complaints of shortogca -- of H-bombs, missiles, Aghters bombers, warships and transport planes.
The Navy has been dissected down to . skeleton. Fighter Command's days are numbered. Coastal Command, is a force. The Army has been savagely
cut.
Where then has nit .the manney gone? What is there to show for it? How much has bern waslet?
Answers
My chart on the right lists the major visible assels which
the taxpayer has acquired as a result of this fantastic fork- cut. They took thin and at hrst slight scandalous consider
the Trag
SUMIS enormous
involved.
I estimate that at the most £2,000 million has been spent to be UN developing and producing "hardware" for de-
hit at etabley, Buckingham-ectual
livery to the Forces,
Weapons: production £2,000 million
WE want no inore dormitory The rest-£4,000 million range rocket Blue Streak should
towns...where people have s
is tuo
and Kune 011 Buliding
Iaboratories, to travel into London every day operating new Giving to work. There
much Auctorles,
ranges, on: and con- rush-hour travelling
other facilities without which estion already, and no our is the new work could not begin. Surely such a discrepancy the gainer by it
between the enormous invest ment in facilities to produce and the comparatively tiny output is evidence of bad Investing?
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by the 3,500-strong Insti- tute of Directors, in a letter on the Chunsellor of taxation to the Exchequer, Mr Heathro Ambry- XXE are convinced that
this
To this criticism the Govern- arent offers these answers
The facilities have taken so W lead, if allowed to remain, long to build up that only wi do permanent damage to new are they beginning to pay the cronomie Tabric of the off. The yield of H-innbs for country. Is "elearly inconstance will now begin to rist sktcut with the Government's steadily and then rapidly. campaign for greater Industria? A replacement for the 25- Investiment and expansion,
pounder gun will soon he manu-
CENTURION AND CONQUEROR
AMY SANKICKER, THE KIN, RIFLE.
•RAF SEVERAL HUNDRED HUNTER-AND-
JAVELIN FIGHTERS, A FEW PL LIGHTHING FIGHTERE ON THE WAY.
LIGHT
FLEET OF MY OF YALIANT.
SOMBERS,
VICTOR, AND VULCAN Y BOMBERS, RADAR INSTALLATIONS PON HIGH, LOW-LEVEL AND ANTI-SUBMARINE
KM, OPERATIONS. COUNTER MEASURES
to Enemy badan devices.
Kavy
ONE ATON SHIP, THE SUBMARINE DREADNOUGHT, RUILDING,
S NEW AIRCRAFT Canniere,
DESTROYERS, 23 FRIGATES, S SUBMARINES, THE MINESWKEPENA, 20 PATROL BOATS, 13 ANT!" SUBMARINE FRIGATES, 1 GUIDED MIEBILE SHIP, SEA HAWK, SEA VIXEN, GANNET, SCIMITAR AIR- GRAM AND WHIRLWING HELI COPTERE. ANTI-BURKARINE DEVICES.
Rockets TRAINING MIELILER, FIRESTREAK
FEW FIREFLASH AIR-TO-AIN "OPERATIONAL AIR-TO-AIR MIBBILE.
BLOODHOUND GROUND-TO-AIR ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE NOW USED BY THE R.A., BEA LUO DECK TO AIR ANTI-AIRCRAFT MIESILE TO BE FITTED WITH ATOMIC WARHEAD,
Atomics SMALL BUT GROWING STOCKPILE OF
factured The British long-
be in production in 1883. 2 By taking a series of calcu- lated gambles en continuing the Covertiment has peace,
avolded deliberately
making hardware which would rapidly become obsolete,
Thus the defence chiefs claim that their decision not to build many submarines has been in diculed by the emergence of the aterale submarine.
Now rich in know-how, the scientists are poised to pro- duce effective weapons which attack even it could deter Britain ever had to stand alone,
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ATOM BOMES AND H-BOMBE,
The Government points to the renewed atomic partnership with the US, as proof that Britain, has valuable secrets which the
Americans want to share.
Truth
Though. I am for from being entirely satisfied by these ex- planations. my inquiries con- vince me thurg is much truth in then.
The Americans who appear to ВО much have accomplished mare have produced weapons, such as the Nike and Corporal missiles, which look impressive but are poor in performance.
Nobody enn fairly accuse me of pulling punches on Clovern- ment departments, but la an fact that in the undeniable
WHOSE FINGER
ON THE TRIGGER?
-IF ONLY THE TRIGGER WERE THERE -- ~
Weapons: research £4,000 million
Atomics PLACE AND GESKANCH STATIONS NUMEROUE PACTORIES, EXPLOSIVE NOW LINKED:
O UP WITH ATOM-POWER -WORK-IN-A-C100-MILLION-A-YEAR-
PROGRAMME.
ATOMIC TESTING GROUNDS AT MARALINGA, AUSTRALIA. AND CHRISTMAS ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC.
Air and UK WIND TUNNEL AND OTHER
TEET FACILITIES AT FARNBOROUGH, HANTS AND BEDFORD. ROCKET Rocket KEPERIMENTAL STATIONS ATE
WESTCOTT. SUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
research AND OXADAM, CUMBERLAND
ROCKET HANGER AT ANERPORTH AND WOOMERAN AUSTRALIA—A C40.000.000 INVESTMENT ALONE, JET ENGINE STATION AT PYESTOCK. HANTE, EXPERIMENTAL AIRFIELD AT BOSCOMBE DOWN.
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PLUS MANY INSTALLATIONS AND RESEARCH STATIONS.
Gas defence SHEMICAL WARFARE STATION ON
#5
Germ
Admiralty
SALISMUNY PLAIN,
THE MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT ON SALISBURY PLAIN. ELECTRONICS, BUNNERY, SIGNALS. AND OTHER NAYAL ESTABLISH«. MENTE 1D RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT AT TEDDINGTON. MIDDLESEX.
Tanks FIGHTING VEHICLES RESEARCH
STATION AT GHOSHAMŰ SURREY,
`CHART DESIGNED BY MICHAEL RAND.
utemic age it is impossible to keep up appearances and keep
down expenses.
At the war's end the defence chiefs were faced with an un- precedented military revolution with the joint emergence of the Jet-plane, guided missile, atom bomb, and long-range rocket.
SITE
RESERV FOR A
GUN
Cummings
the production stage costs a further £2,000,000 per machine quoted where projects which to manufacture.
wor
aircraft-
.
Numerous examples con be should have been cancelled quickly were allowed to drag The Navy spent £20,000,000 on at enormous expense,
modernise the
Since the arrival of the carrier Victorious,
partnership Blue Streak will cost £500 Macmillan-Sundys These weapons are so complex that colossal expenditure wa million by the Ume it is in its this sort of waste has been ruthlessly cut. But there is inevitable. Nothing could begin firing plís,
The whole defence picture room for much more economy. unt huge laboratories, atomi
Airing was tunnels,
bedevilled by urgent. Blg expersoon weapons of plants, wind ranges, and other facilities were requirements for the Korean doubtful strategie, value is still for political completely, being laeurred and then bulit and equipped.
Running these plants is almost cbecured by the unexpected motives. as costly as building them. The emergence of the H-bomb. Thus costs the H-bomb virtually made the alone Woomera range It was wacly decided that if
£10,000,000 a year.
£6,000,000 germ warfare station white Britain were to remain a great
Developing atomic bombs and on Salisbury Plain power with an active say in in- ruckets is particularly expen- elephant overnight.
But in the hext Nevertheless, the Government iernational affairs,
biz-scale sive, for each test involves the
must be debited with consider years the taxpayer must see. of the weapon. research in the first three of destruction
the a steady stream of effective Firing an H-bomb sends up able waste. Producing there was vita
Swift airplane cost £1,000,000 in anoke. Launching scrapped
to weapons to be convinced that The decision a big rocket is like, deliberately £40,000,000.
make the Victor and Vulcan his money was soundly in- crashing a bomber,
Production custs
even bombers was another error. verled ́ not squandered on. bomber Making one would have saved still-born ideas. more terrifying
-(London Expruta. Subdica). casting £50,000,000 to bring to £50,000,000 in development.
Major work on submarines, germ warfare, and nerve gases would also be ecstaliai.
Later, in 1951, the Govern- ment decided to begin work on long-range ballistic rockets.
WELL,
are A
Admittedly there has been ho major war and the Anglo-U.S. defence partnership has never been stronger.
three
YOU MAKE
CAN
SIT
A RHINO
ARE the many admirers of Lorna the Rhino right when they say she sits down when they tell her to? Or are they deluding themselves? Lorna is three tons of amiability dedicated to proving that what the White Hunters say about rhinos (that they are dangerous and unfriendly, is wrong.
She has been able to make her charm felt because circum- stances
placed her
for 11 years
in a small shed at the end of the antelope house at the
Zno.
With noth
a
ប ០៩៧
Jng but
few
public,
mest
་
I see for myself
ANNE SHARPLEY
DOWN?
They speak no fury than tho entek-again. Kromihar, public li'g truth, for Loma is even now nothing to Beo. someones fred having more spacious accommo- her seven pound weight of fruit dallon bullt for her. This will and vegetables," have two disadvantages as far co her fans are concerned.
Lorna is now obediently doing her sitting down trick she is One, there will be a dyke er always careful to end up rangement to separate her from between clients) and the couple her public, which means no leave happily more of that friendly stuffing of handfuls of food directly into "Come on, see if she do it
for Lorna's great jaw.
you" dald Mr Coltari
size of sugar cubes.
Two, the will be with those handing mo six dog biscuits the pricey. white rhinos Boba and Ben (Lorna in this week's stocktaking
valued
was
"She'll never notice those," I ".
at Bald.
'she's sensillva to noise," re- forward, begins to back. She £1.500, and Bebe and Ben were proves his wife, Lorna's ears shuffles forward again and once rated at £400 each.) have indeed moved a percepti- more begins to back, for all the ble fraction backwards under world like a large rusty bus the barrage of crumpling paper. reversing into a small parking
space.
So lonely
Another couple arrive, dad alt patiently for the fur-coated lady and her husband to finish 'Aling Lorna with goodies. All
quid-eyed pleading from At last
"Bobe and Ben haven't got person. anything like Loma's allty. They're only Interested in each other," said one couple to the other couple.
"Try and sec. She loves them..
It's a secret," he said giving me a wink.
Wrong note
looked at the great plak that Lorna presented worldering
separating her and her Lorna has been able to get 'closer to people than
chinos.
"Well, anyway, they're going
maving cavity The, result is that every Sun-the
she is parallel with to have a terrible job they morning a steady line of the rows of antelope further the front of her cage. She her, aren't they, Lorna," said through the bare Lorna's faris carrying bulging along the house has no effect stops, weighs up her position, the departing couple with that where to put the tlis biscuits so lat-dlich spito, one remembers that she'd notice it. The im- carrier-bags make straight for Lorna's fans wait impassively for then slowly sinks into a sitting well from ing days of the Suz mense
nellon as though it were à scal her end of the antelope house, her to be free.
crisis, locking nulther 10, the lett to the right.
.
Liquid-eyed
nor
But Art Lorna has to do her tricic.
Iteunited with that mapwork
of wrinkles and grubby crust that Lorna prebents at close quarters, they are to be heard uttering those' endearments that the British nevor, hesitate in
"Sit down. Loma, sit down," the fur-coated lady starts in a wheedling way, Lorna takes no
position.
"Ok, look, are the coated lady, "abe always doce it Uke that. She loves to sit with her nose between just these two bars." .་
Tactful
mouthful.
mandibles' went into
"Now tell her to sit down." Bald Mr. Cotterill. Feeling the Lorna's keeper, Mr John Cot abourdity of the moment foo terill,
In the keenly probably did not put stays tactfully oce but hooks her horn affec Loma, more mouth than nose backgound. "I reckon she has the right note into my volce.. donately round one of the bars at the moment, is waiting for about admirers. And the Lorna di not budge. of her enclavure and gives it a her reward. Two tomatoes and always seems to recognise them "Notice that, say It' like gentle wrench..
two quarter loaves of brown, when they come in. She's very this," said Mir Cotterill, render- tractable. She'll probably get ing his command splendidly in "Now Loma, it down," said bread."
very bored in the new place.”in a deep full voice. Larga shurled using to animals but are terr, the husband, more masterfully, The other couple under the
forward, shufijos backwarda, pot not wanting to be shown up. In
Carrots, tomatoes and apples Red' to use to one another.
excitement of the mo Hell, darilar, eld you miss front of the other people, who ment.come forward and revet enough to keep a family's diet
rooms a fur-coated were wafting with looks of oro- the anxiety that is preoccupying balanced for a rand have di un then."
all Lorna's fans nowadays. appeared into. Loria. Mr. Cet lady delicately coring an apple ful disinterest on their faces. fer Lorna. Koh husband clumsily-Lomná, alt down!"·"sold· tho'
terill, a keeper, for 14 years, bwhat will, hippen when they shakes bla head affocilonately. crumpla the brown paper bag
wife, firmly. he is carrying.
move be?" they say. "We hell
Gaan 1 teod her 120it) of cats a day, "Don't make mich a noise Lorna staris is shuffle - about not be able to get at her Poor
but I reckon" she' góta" half sa right near her cara. You know and taking a ambling pace Lorna will be ao lonely."
Intense
herself into her correct parking position alongside the kerb and sank heavily on her haunches.
The answer seems to be that Luma does it down when she ta toid.When:sba: liiken.
~{London Kaptein derulon)