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Strategic Defence Review

Asked if the Strategic Defence Review had gone to the printers yet, the PMS said that he did not know but advised people to speak to the Cabinet Office on printing deadlines for various documents.

Asked if the Ministry of Defence had settled with the Treasury, the PMS replied that we would be settling with all departments so we would be able to make announcements next week.

Put that the Prime Minister was adamant that the Defence settlement be reached today, the PMS said that we would be making announcements on the Strategic Defence Review on Monday and Tuesday and on the Spending Review on Wednesday.

Asked whether the Prime Minister thought that Hillary Clinton’s remarks were appropriate, the PMS said that the Foreign Secretary had spoken to media about this, this morning. Hillary Clinton had been talking about defence cuts across Europe and she was absolutely right when she said that each country had to make its appropriate contribution to NATO, and the UK would be doing that.

Asked if he could confirm that Britain would maintain its commitment to NATO, the PMS said that people would need to wait until next week for numbers to be confirmed. Put that the UK’s commitment would ease, the PMS said that we were fully committed to NATO and would make our contribution to it. The PMS added that we would remain a significant military power.

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