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Government machinery: Rayner PS letter to MoD (“The Efficiency Strategy 1982: the Scrutiny Programme”) [MT “let us get Trident & one or two other things over before we mark this”] [declassified 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/779 f227
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 12pp
Themes: Executive, Defence (general), Public spending & borrowing