This represented a portion of the Gorge H. Hall, Labour member for 80,50" tons available under the the Aberdare division of Merthyr London "Naval Treaty "for three Tydfil, said he viewed the jnerousad yenrs to 1090 inclusive, ant was in estimates with considerable alarm. Accordance with the eaetully consi- Ite drew attention to the Singapore dored Admiralty policy of replace: Base, on which the Admiralty pro-mont—to "pursue 'a. steady annual, posed to spend 20,000,000, the Army' programme of construction, {82,000,000 and the Air Force £600, Great Britain, he said, has made 000. He asked why it wax neces-scent reductions in iter defences in sary that this increased sum should the hope of bringing about general he placed in the Estimates.
Tmitation of armand Tt could be argued whether this Sir Roger Keyes" Defence had been xightly. or wrongly dono, 'This provided the opportunity for but they were still trying to bring' Adm'ral Sir Roger Keyes, who was bout sich limitation, and it ould only elected on Feb-impossible for then on "ho eve, ruary 20.28 the rebut of @ by-elec of the 1985 Naval Conference large. tion in North Portsmouth, to make, ly to increase the building program-'his maiden spe: ch. they on the assumption that the Con: In'a vigorous defence of the Gor. fovinee was going to be failure. evnnents polic, the Admiral seid ready pat forvand propos fr To gh ie was imponibla Moreover, Great Britain had gapore Base ai 5 without, which ie way imperil fo aland otto operate in Eastern technically, economically, politically j ment prog ha of Sir Bolton declared that neither waters. He applauded the Govern nor pacifically could barra accept out arnut be et eentae the Y0.000-on capital ship.
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