Word: papered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...deed was done in a lucid, ten-page White Paper on Defense, written by 49-year-old Minister of Defense Duncan Sandys, who called it "the biggest change in military policy ever made in normal times." Under the plan, the body strength of Britain's armed forces will be cut in half by 1962. Its battleships will be scrapped, its fighter planes junked, its overseas garrisons drastically reduced. New reliance of the British forces: guided missiles carrying nuclear warheads...
...position in conventional weapons, Britain could safely retrench while it armed for the missile future. "It must be frankly recognized that there is at present no means of providing adequate protection for the people of this country against the consequences of an attack with nuclear weapons," said the White Paper flatly. "The only existing safeguard against major aggression is the power to threaten retaliation with nuclear weapons...
...force without combat airplanes of about 150,000 men. The Royal Navy, which for centuries enforced the Pax Britannica and patrolled an empire from Gibraltar to Rangoon, will be reduced to 75,000 men. "The role of naval forces in total war is somewhat uncertain," said the White Paper candidly...
...White Paper conceded frankly that Britain's new defense posture was not self-sufficient: "The free world is today mainly dependent for its protection upon the nuclear capacity of the U.S. Britain cannot by comparison make more than a modest contribution...
Were there any objections? Paper ballots were passed out forthwith to the politicians. Said Sukarno when the vote was tallied: "I am very happy and moved that a majority would accept appointment to an Emergency Cabinet post." Now he could get on with his promised introduction of what he calls "guided democracy," instead of the Western-style parliamentary democracy which had. admittedly, failed to govern the country effectively...