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The percentage reductions of ships are shown against cricting strengths, whereas the cut in new construction is, of course, compared to the programme planned prior to the Defence Review.
This formula is also used in the other Services' slides:
* Next the Army (LONG PAUSE)
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now the Royal Air Force
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*This last slide shows the overall reduction by Defence
SLIDE 12)in Service and civilian manpower. It is of the order of
40,000 servicemen and 30,000 civilians.
SLIDE 12 31.
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These slides do not do justice * to the sharp reductions
we shall make in the support area. It is impossible to be
precise about this. Extensive restructuring is being studied
in the wake of the tentative decisions so far taken on the
commitments and capabilities to be retained. However, some
najor reductions have already been identified: for example,
the RAF will cut its flying rate by 10% and withdraw 140
training, communications and miscellaneous aircraft.
In the
32. We are conscious that in the face of Soviet technological
advance we cannot lower the quality of our equipment.
future, the proportion of the budget allotted to defence
equipment will grow in relation to that of manpower, despite
significant cuts in the equipment programmes. We are making great
efforts to obtain maximun value for money throughout the
equipment and support field. We are therefore studying how best we
can exploit the potential of the concepts of Rationalisation,
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