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Russian Finance Minister A. G. Zverev last week reported that in 1947 Russia’s expenditure for its armed forces would be 52% of what it was in 1945. A comparison Zverev did not make: for the fiscal year 1947 Britain’s armed forces budget is 25% of 1945, the U.S.’s 16%.
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